Writing on the road AKA how Ruz got his groove back

I’m on the roadway now, navigating a traffic jam. My phone is in my breast pocket. Hopefully, it’s recording everything I say. I can’t check that of course, because pulling your phone out of your pocket to see what the app is doing while navigating heavy traffic is suicide. Nevertheless, curiosity and the need to write at least 1000 words a day despite the job (sometimes gripping me from 630 in the morning at 10 o’clock at night) drives me to experiment in any way, shape, or form. This blog post was dictated. Not dictated in a quiet study, or the insulated security of my bedroom (which is where I dictated most of Century of Sand 1 when my right wrist began suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome), but on the highway. My phone records my words, and DragonDictate transcribes when I get home. In the past week I’ve written almost 6000 words this way. Most of them were nonsense, but I think I’m getting closer to an accurate solution. I’m sharing this with you because I can’t be the only writer desperate for more time. I can’t be the only writer who spends two hours a day (2 1/2 if I get out late) thinking desperately, if only I could attach a notepad to the dashboard. If only I could afford a self driving car I could type away on my laptop during the long commutes. If only I had time. We all get the same amount of time each […]