Approaching Writing Again

Hey all, I'm back for the time being. It's been a long time since I've been on here.

Guess what? I'm going to try this again. The past few years have been pretty difficult for me personally and I've gone through a lot of growth and change in my life. It's been tough to find time for just sitting down and relaxing, let alone putting my mind to writing. Just haven't felt very motivated.

I feel though that this funk needs to change. It's been too long since I've been creative and I need to start exercising that aspect of my mind again. I have opinions about fiction I need to share. Hell, there have been two whole new Star Wars movies since the last time I wrote and I haven't been able to truly rant about them.

I've been thinking about it for the past few years and have been wondering if I could have what it takes to write professionally. Right now I know I don't have all the skills or the discipline. I can't even keep my own blog up to date, let alone sit down and write out a coherent multi-part epic story.

One of my favorite things in the world is world building. How a world forms from a small idea and through thinking of the logical interactions of people and their circumstances turns into a fleshed out setting is one of the most satisfying things to me.

I need to practice more. I need to write more. If I want to make this a thing I get paid for I need to treat this like it's a career. Paraphrasing the words of one of my favorite authors goal number one of professional writers should be to get paid.

So, how do I get paid? I need to get good. How do I get good? Practice. How do I practice? Just write stupid shit and maybe try some writing prompts. I don't know. I just have to start somewhere. This seems like a good start. Wish me luck!

Halloween

So it's October once again. Probably my favorite month of the year. Why you may ask? Well most people probably know why. I'm originally from the town of Half Moon Bay and it's famous for its pumpkins. Every year they hold the Pumpkin Festival and it is the single biggest tourist draw for the area for most of the year.

Obviously most people in the town get in on the action. Lots of arts, crafts, pumpkin flavored items, and Halloween colors/themes are seen. The town takes its Halloweens very seriously and people setup some of the most elaborate haunted houses and decorative displays in their own yards.

In our little hamlet known as Montara, a very small community north of Half Moon Bay proper, a block near the elementary school setup barriers and went super insane decorating and preparing their area for Halloween. Massive displays, tons of candy, jello shots for the adults. Amazing stuff. I got the joy of taking my daughter around there during my short time back in my hometown after I was discharged from the navy.

It was stupendous.

It's a very magical and wonderful time of year for people from the Coastside. I never realized how much I would miss it either after I moved away by joining the navy.

Now that I'm a homeowner in a small New England town though I have an opportunity. The community I'm in has a bit of the Halloween spirit, but they don't really have the same type of spirit coastsiders have.

Maybe I can do something small to change that.

Since this blog is supposed to be about nerdom and my creative pursuits it seems fitting to talk about this here.

I'm wanting to start trying to encourage a Montara style block party where I now live. The only way to start doing that though is to start by decorating our house properly and encouraging the neighbors to do the same by do so.

I don't have that much time left this year to do much, if anything. Plus money can be a factor here, but I'm willing to put in some effort for this and am planning on making most of the props myself. This will help keep the costs down and help make it a memorable event.

If I start doing any projects I'll catalogue them and the process I'm using on here.