I Want to Vlog!

Argh!

I hurt my back somehow this week, and it's been killing me for days, making it difficult to sleep. Sleep deprivation has been making it difficult to write much, and the back pain makes it a challenge to write for very long when I do write.

Oh well!

I've been focusing on the October episode of The Legends of Nod, this week. This series wears me out, because there are so many interesting characters, and all of them want to be the star. While I do let them roam as free as I can, I also insist we keep getting back on track. There are always scenes in Nod stories, so far, that were never in the outline. Characters too. The cast has their own ideas about how we should tackle the plot, and I always let them do it their way, so long as we do keep the plot. Fortunately for me, they are the ones who really came up with the plot in the first place. They just like tweaking the rules as we go. It's so exhausting, but so worth it. I really love The Legends of Nod.

I've been checking my e-mail daily for any news on the short story I entered in a contest six weeks ago. Today was actually the six weeks mark, and still no word on the winners! I'm nervous and excited all at once. I want my story to win, but I know I wasn't the only writer to enter this contest with perfect confidence in my story's ability to win. And I do feel that I wrote a winner! It all comes down to the judges, though; their taste, their impressions. Whether I win or not, I will still be proud of the piece I entered. I called it "The Deep-Seeded Fear of Ariana Jack." Hopefully we'll hear something by tomorrow. :)

I know I just don't blog like I used to. I get onto Facebook here and there and drop little notes, but it never feels like enough. When I do blog, it feels like too much, like it's too dry and uninteresting. I don't know why. Maybe I'm just in a mood. I mean, I am interested in my blogs, I just don't feel like they show or share enough of what I want to show and share of myself with my readers. I'm very drawn to the idea of vlogging instead, but I have yet to take the plunge and just do it. I feel like that might me more fun for me, more of a creative outlet. Not that I would stop blogging altogether. I would probably blog just as often as I do now. Sometimes, there is no replacing putting one's thoughts in writing. I just feel like I might be more expressive in a vlog. It would be ironic if I started a vlog and wound up blogging more often as a result.

Gosh, I'm into myself! :)