"You turned apparel into an expletive!"

The first thought that crosses my mind trying to come up with something to blog about is on publishing. The ultimate goal to any writer is supposed to be being published - seeing their writing, whatever type it may be, on the shelf for all to buy and enjoy! But you know what? I'm starting to think that, in some cases, that's not true.

I wrote this long poem, it took three days to write it, mainly because I was so nervous it wouldn't be good enough (not a worry with Cold Pizza!), and the recipient, the awesometastic, wonderful gal named Wanda Mae, actually threw it up on her Myspace page. She did the same with another poem - actually the one that convinced me to get back into it again. And with something like that, seeing someone happy with it, proud even maybe (??) and putting it somewhere to display... That means waaay more than any publishing deal and book on the shelf could mean.

I apologize for sappiness, half a bottle of wine can do that to someone. Well, that and the joy of actually maybe making someone happy. That's what I was missing with game development - you spend months and months and months, and people might like it some, but you never get TRUE joy.

So, with that, I think it's time for bed. I don't think that writing is something I'll be giving up anytime soon, especially so long as I've got a groupie!!!! Jonathan Coulton started a thing he did, which he called Thing a Week, where he wrote a new song every week, recorded it and put it up to be listened to for free. Perhaps I'll try the same - Prose a Day? One piece of writing every day for a year? Even if it's a slow day, I can come up with a simple Haiku, right? 5-7-5, not exactly mentally draining!

SO BE IT!!!! As of Sunday, March 9th, Prose a Day is in effect! I will post my prose right here and, when the page is done, my website also.