Writing and why I do it. Or should do it more.

"Anything worth doing is worth doing badly." - G. K. Chesterton

It has been forever. Why you ask? Wait. No one is asking? Not even my mom? That's cool. I am going to answer it anyway. Here are a few reasons.

1) I was in between jobs and then I got one of them there full time gigs. And seeing that it was full time and I have family, I didn't feel I had time. I probably did, but ya know, excuses are fun.

2) After we moved to Montana for said job, we moved one more time to Oregon. That is were we reside at this point in time. When that move happened my desire to write the book I was working on came back! With vengeance! And I felt that whenever I was writing, I needed to spend my time on the book. So, I did. And I finished the first draft and it felt great.

3) After I finished that first draft, our 4th child was born. He spent the first three weeks of this life in the NICU and, because he is blessed to have Down syndrome, we spend a lot of time helping him grow. I, once again, felt I didn't have time to do any sort of writing.

4) Truthfully, I mostly became scared. What if what I write is awful and no one likes it? What if my amazing wife was just telling me it was good, because she wanted to make me happy so we could make out? What if I didn't need her to flatter me to get me to make out with her? What if I would make out with her no matter what cause she is hot and awesome? What are we talking about again? I am distracted, because I want to make out with her right now. Please hold. I am going to go make out with her and I will come back and finish this blog.

I am back. That was awesome. Where was I? Oh yeah, I was scared. I still am scared, but I don't want to be, because I love writing. I love creating. I love seeing where it goes. I love the idea that someday someone might like what I write and recommend to others. Who knows? I sure don't. But, I will never know if I don't try.

So, where does that put me? I am going to blog to keep my writing skills up and continue to write books too. Someday something will happen and I can't wait to see what it is.