It's Happening

I downloaded a few songs the other day. I hadn't downloaded any in a while and I decided to splurge on the three that I wanted. Yes, people, I said splurge. Yes, even at itunes prices, sometimes little things can be a splurge. So I splurged. And I burned myself a short CD with the new songs. At first, my feelings were melancholy when listening to them. But - as of late, not so much.

One of the songs I downloaded was the Dave Matthew's Band, Funny The Way It Is. This song is deep and it'll make you think. And the thoughts that come from it can be overwhelming. At any given moment, at any given time... everyone's going through something. Sometimes it's big and sometimes it's small. Sometimes it's exciting and sometimes it's bland. Sometimes it's life changing and some times it's simply repetitive.

In the midst of falling deeper and deeper in love with the song I have found myself writing again. After the realization with my journal, I sat down and started writing a book. Not just any book... my first book. At least the first book I've gotten this far with. Still have a long way to go but I'm getting there, little by little. No need to rush it. But, I do hope to actually finish it. Selling it seems so far away, I'm trying to keep myself from fantasizing too terribly much. Still, the writing goes and I'm energized in one of those "this is what I was born to do" kind of ways.

Once upon a time I read somewhere something to the effect of "artists are afraid that they'll only have one good idea". This much is true. But, the truth is, I have lots of good ideas already and I'm hoping that they'll keep coming. Somehow, that Dave Matthews song has got my head abuzzing. Abuzzing with the thoughts of the multitude of things that are happened to people, good and bad, at this very moment. Toss that together with my ideas come to the surface and I've got some real excitement in my bones. I wouldn't want to dedicate my life to a series but I would like to intermix my tales. Like Stephen King does. An off-handed or direct reference to another story... making characters seem so much more real. As if their story is already written, even if it's not actually in another book - yet. Just like your story is written, same as mine - though the ending hasn't quite shaped itself yet. Just like my characters, just like me.