It is that time again - 40 days of writing to resume again

So, I belong to a writing group on "The Facebook" called 40 Days of writing.

It is set to begin on October 1st and I am facing this challenge with total and complete mixed emotions.

Yes, I need to get back in the habit, I have left off and forced myself to put stuff down that feels exceptionally sub-par and fluffy.

I am faced with another challenge though, this one starts the day after I get to go through surgery.

I am tempted to write about that experience, but it seems so stupid in the age of cyber stalking and such other human on human atrocities. Someone, I am sure, will use it against me.

Being publicly vulnerable sucks.

Of course, I should get back to writing "that book", but I am still trying to get past someone calling it "too porny". This happened around the last 40 days of writing thing and it essentially shut me down, except for a sad, feeble attempt at a modern day revisit of one of the Arthurian Legends.

The great thing about 40 Days of Writing is getting to read what others post, I love to read the stories and things they put out, it often inspires and there is something about getting to see into their lives that makes me feel better about the world... so there is that,

The thing is... that I look at these pieces of themselves that they put out and am moved and touched and want to return those gifts with quality stories of my own.

I tend to be lazy, and detail is something that is just so hard to me. Breaking down important descriptions is the last thing on my mind. It makes for weird stories, stories that are not quite worthy of the ones I am reading.

Practice. I suppose it is about practice... and returning the gifts of these stories with my "practicing" just seems so lame. It is, however, the only thing I can do at this point.

OK, that all reads as so negative, but it is more than that... what are the other positives?

I do know what I don't want to write:

• How to's,  (the ones I would write might be too strange; how to shrink a head?)
• Self-help directives (who am I to tell anyone how to save themselves)
• Recipes (I don't follow them, so I should not write them)

I guess I will keep trying to plug away at this writing thing...