THIS AIN'T ROCKET SCIENCE!

Everything I have read by writers on how to write has said that discipline and a schedule is key. Sit down at the keyboard at the same time every day and go to work. Treat it as a job. Even if you don't feel like it, sit down and get to work...just like a job. So, I've decided to give it a go to see what happens.

Well, so far so good. Got a whole paragraph...Ooh, I wonder if I have any emails...?

Right, back at it, discipline, schedule.

Start with an idea, work at fleshing it out...I wonder if anybody read my Facebook post? Better go check, won't take but a minute.

Damn, OK, work, work work.

Characters will need a back story to make them feel real and...I'm hungry. Is there still peanut butter cookie dough in the freezer? Better go check, could really use some cookies to settle the hungries, can't work on an empty stomach.

Much better now. Back at it.

What is the protagonist's motivation? What about the antagonist? Have the dogs been out for their walk yet? Come on hounds, let's get this done, I've got work to do.

Will I need a written timeline to keep from getting getting confused and lost in my own story? Is "Doctor Who" on television today? Big fan, don't want to miss an episode...

Well, look at that! If you just sit down and get at it with discipline and a schedule...Ahh tired, off to bed.

I'M JUST SAYIN'

Wikipedia is running their call for donations banner on the top of the wiki page. The Wikipedia banner says Wikipedia is the number 5 website in the world. I googled this and the Wikipedia page for "top websites" says Wikipedia is number 6 in the world. Somebody at Wikipedia needs to pay more attention.

I love coffee and I also love gadgets so this makes sense to me. I have a regular coffee maker for full pots of coffee, a Keurig machine for single cups, a Krups Nescafe Dolce Gusto machine for frothy flavoured fru fru coffee, a grinder and French Press for when I'm feeling snobbish, a kettle for boiling water for instant coffee for my trailer park days and, hiding somewhere, a stove top percolator. Is this weird? I don't think so but weird people doing weird things never think they are weird.

At work we carry a line of ATV wheel rims. The company who makes them calls the rims the toughest on the market with a lifetime guarantee that says if you break, or even dent, a rim the company will replace it. When the product arrived all the boxes were marked "Fragile". My confidence lessens.

I am an agnostic bordering on atheism and I say Merry Christmas. The people I know with Christian beliefs say Merry Christmas. My Jewish friends wish me a Merry Christmas. The Islamic store owners where I shop wish me a Merry Christmas. Who, exactly, is offended by wishing someone a Merry Christmas? Near as I can figure, 3 over the top politically correct do-gooders with too much time on their hands and a desire for their 15 minutes of fame bitched loudly and, voila, 2.2 billion of us are supposed to say "Happy Holidays".
Nope, you can piss off. Merry Christmas it will be.