EPIC BLOG FAIL!

Sorry guys.  I did it again.  I went radio silent.  Off-grid.  AWOL.

 

Yes, I’m busy. Yes, I’m finishing up the new book and we have just ended a long string of Ziegler family birthdays.  But really, it’s probably a lack of time management skills. 

 

Also, I’ve come to realize something about myself as a writer:  There are times when I’m working on a book that I don’t want to be too aware of myself and my craft.

 

Allow me to explain.  When I am drafting a new story, I like to slowly particle beam myself into this new world and watch the action unfold all around me.  Of course, I’m not really going anywhere.  I’m sitting in my creaky desk chair staring at the computer screen, and this new world is actually being created by me.  But … I don’t like for it to feel as if I’m making it.  In fact, I try to forget myself as much as possible.  I like the illusion of disappearing into an alternate universe.  I like believing (without hitting a pathological level) that the characters in the story are real people.  That instead of me guiding them, they are guiding me. 

 

If I’m too conscious of myself creating it all, I can’t get caught up in the emotions of the story.  It loses that raw, heartfelt tone.  It loses some of the magic.

 

And when I blog about writing, it makes me aware of myself as creator of the story.  It pulls me back into reality.  So during those weeks of particle beaming, don’t expect to see much of me on here.  I’ll be hanging out in a fictitious high school somewhere watching a teenage tale unfold.

 

Forgetting all about me, my world, and my blog.