Introduction to Doohickeys

( Top Google Image Result for "Doohickey"-- An engine idling mechanism for Kawasaki motorbike)

I figure that -if through some miracle- I maintain this blog unlike the dozens which have fallen before it, someone may stumble upon it in all of its glory someday. That person might wonder, "Wow! What inspired this person to undertake this writing project?" If I were that person, I would go to the first post on record. So, if I were that person, I would be reading this. Right now. Thank you, for reading, and bearing with me through my comma splices, sentence fragments, and cyclical story-telling tendencies.

I used to write, pretty frequently. If I put all of my writing I have ever done in creative fashion not related to school activities, I would probably have at least a 10,000 page manuscript. I'm not saying any of it was good, but there was a ton of it. Anywho, when college came, all of my writing sort of fell by the wayside. I realized I wanted something more 'practical' than being a writer to base my education on. So, my college years were filled with large boring research papers, advocacy projects, and semi-frequent binge drinking.

The golden years. I've moved on now, and I've tried to write again as I settle into a Masters program. Ever feel like you're just staring off into the distance, and everything has paused in time and space? That's what happens now when I sit down to write. I ask myself, did I turn 24 a month ago, and lose my creative mojo? Did I drink away those brain cells in college?

I bought a book a few, well, years, ago. See? See those commas? I know they shouldn't be there, but it's how I talk/type/write. You see what comes out of my head, in that order. The "Backspace" key on my keyboard doesn't get much love. The book is called "The Daily Writer" by Fred White. It contains 366 "Meditations to cultivate a productive and meaningful writing life". I'm curious as to why there is 366, but obviously through the years I never stuck with it long enough to find out what day they accidentally doubled up on.

So the purpose of this blog is daily writing devotionals. They are random prompts, asking for a description of a character, or a design of a struggle, or a very short story about a certain topic. It's all to jog my noodle a little. Not that noodle, perverts.

Eventually, I might add some devotionals of a spiritual sense. That's something I really need to start working on too, but I'm one of those people who can't change everything at once. If I do that, nothing sticks. I do things gradually, and after months of consideration, here is my first step.

So, thank you for reading this, and thank you for putting up with my comma splices, sentence fragments, and cyclical story telling practices. And thank you if you at some point offer me praise, critique, advice, or a good kick in the ass. I know a lot of people who need a good kick in the ass.