Writing

Writing used to be a huge passion of mine. I attribute this to the fact that both of my parents encouraged me to read from a young age. Some of my fondest memories are when my Dad would bring home a new pack of comics for us to read together, my mom sitting there letting me pick out any book I wanted and her reading it to me. Literature has been a big part of my life. It was through them nurturing that seed that I would read for fun. I read both the Iliad and Odyssey for fun one summer before they where required for me to read in High School. It was through this love of reading that my imagination was allowed to flourish. I was able to go to places that I would never be able to. I started seeing places and people that had stories to tell, I knew it was my job to bring their stories to life. Except that my imagination would race a head while my fingers could only write so fast. A lot of stories never got told.

Personal tragedy struck when I lost my mom. I don't know what it was or why but that desire to write just wasn't as strong. I couldn't bring my self to write more then a few lines of anything. Nothing seemed good enough. Those things I did try to write always came out darker and more twisted then I wanted so I would stop. As time went on I would try from time to time but it seemed that when she left so did my desire. The saddest part of that for me was I knew my mom would never want me to stop writing. She always said I had quiet a talent that I should feed.

Time went on and I started dabbling a little more here and there. Mostly in online forum games. Nothing ever personal just a bunch of people pretending to be something else, sort of like D&D. It was fun. It allowed me to keep some skills polished. Though threw not using the full extent I also lost some of my ability. So here I am. It has been almost 8 years since I actually tried to write something because I had a desire to write. The things in those 8 years where more to see if I still could. I know it will be a hard road but I plan on persevering. I will write again. I plan on taking the challenge to write a novel in 30 days. I will force my self to rekindle this once burning passion thats flame has become but embers. It will roar to life again.

I will keep you up to date on how things go.