Christmas Prognostication

So in the interest of continuing my mobile writing experience I received two new portable keyboards for me to use on the go.  I'm using one to type this up now, still on my phone (even though I could be writing on my computer if I had taken it out of its bag).  It's looking more and more to me like I'll be able to do writing on the go.  Merry There are a fare share of hitches that seem to come with this territory, but as I practice with it  some more I think I'll learn to work with them and be fairly proficient after all.  That being said I should stop blogging  and get back to enjoying Christmas with my in-laws.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Thoughts scattered in time

I guess one of the troubles I have with receiving critiques of my own writing is that it has a tendency to dash my hopes. Oftentimes I am trying to elicit a certain emotional response from the reader, but some other details get in the way or the reader first feel invested enough yet.

If I were to try and diagnose the underlying weakness in my writing behind such difficulties, I would point to my high degree of introversion, though the manifestations of it in my writing may be manifold. For instance the surface explanation may be that I simply don't have the same emotional makeup as many if my potential readers and so what causes emotional distress in me is not what arouses the same in them. Crowds of people as small as a score can make me fairy uncomfortable, but some people thrive in such numbers.

It goes deeper than that, though. Certain situations can render me almost paralyzed with something between fear and anger, and I have rarely if ever handled these times in my life with grace. I have several friends who have expressed confusion (if only with their faces) over my paralysis in these situations. Perhaps it's only my perception but I feel I come across as something more animal than human in those moments.

The time between the above and this paragraph is the space of a few days, and considering I have seven minutes of my break left it's possible there will be another gap before this post is made.

In some of my free time I have been re-envisioning the work of my youth. Most of my free time is sent watching Sword Art Online, playing Guild Wars 2 and Facebook games, or reading Homestuck and theories thereof. There's food consumption in there somewhere but that's more of a part-time job than a way to spend my free time.

And as predicted it has been another few days. Honestly I should just post this before the year ends and this becomes even more of an incoherent mess. So here you go, a post in which I ramble.

More Extended Breaktime Thoughts

The temptation when blogging on a phone during the breaks at work is to complain. Not necessarily to complain about work, but that doesn't excuse it. Instead let's talk about writing.

The books I've read and classes I've taken indicate a writer must most often make time for writing rather than merely discover it or act on inspiration. I am if the opinion that inspiration should be neither ignored nor depended upon. It is too fleeting and too picky. So I guess I agree with my education:  it is best for a writer to arrange for acts of creation to take place. 

The trouble is I am not acting on this sage advice. I spend much if my day gaming or reading articles when I am home from work, and at work I have an hour of time free to do my own bidding. As of yesterday I am trying to spend at least a large chunk of that time blogging, but this doesn't account for my hours if dereliction at home. For that, I think there are a few more hurdles to overcome than simply typing into a phone rather than playing Angry Bird Ninja Jetpack on it.

I have expressed both publicly and privately that I would prefer to stay at home and write rather than tire myself it and punish my joints for fifteen cents an hour more than minimum wage. The self-same poor home habits as I have now wouldn't go away if I quit my job.

So I guess the solution is to man up and type words into a computer whenever I get the chance. Here goes.

Breaktime Thoughts

So this is my first attempt at blogging from my phone, and it is probably not going to be super profound.  Mostly it is an experiment in what I can make work.  Now... What to talk about.

I could talk about my views on sex or alcohol but that would take a while so maybe I'll be more simple. 

November was a hard month for me, and December is passing at an unreasonably quick pace. I haven't been as grumpy as I was afraid I'd be, mostly because I have so much to be thankful for.  Mostly I co tinge to fight a battle with complacency--fueled by my exhaustion from work.  I have only had this phone fir about a week but I am glad I thought to check for a bloggers app because this is a better use of my time than playing silky games like Bad Piggies. Even if they're really fun.

If I am good you should see more mobile blog posts coming out in the next few weeks. Otherwise I'll  just be disappointed in myself.

Anyway have a good one.

Peace.