The Undiscovered Country

Backward Oblivion and Secret Junk

First a little annoyance: I despise keeping secrets. Now if a friend tells me something, I keep it in confidence, whether asked for or not. That’s no problem. But a secret I keep for myself, that’s hard! Sometimes when I have one, I ache to scream it to anyone who’ll listen – even if they wouldn’t care. It can eat away inside, filling my mind to the point I can’t even put my clothes on right. Yep, my mind was so full last night, I put on my jammies backward! Didn’t even notice until Dave pointed it out – over an hour later. I’m surprised I made it the six blocks to work this morning without getting lost.

Still, I’m in a really good mood this morning. Maybe it’s because oblivion (or is it ignorance) truly is bliss!

I read this quote in Randy Ingermanson’s blog ( http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog ) I love. Where the gal, Joleena Thomas ( http://www.xanga.com/joleenathomas ) got it, she doesn’t say:

Keep writing even if you feel you are totally empty and writing junk. You can always edit junk, but you can’t edit a blank page.

Looking at it that way, I welcome you all to my Junkyard Journal! Ha!

Happy Friday!