...not quite, anyway.
I got a line of dialogue stuck in my head during my shower the other evening. Got out, toweled off, tucked myself into bed and the line was still there.* All I could do was grab a notebook and write it down.
Then that led to another line. And another. And a couple sparse notes of description. And the next thing I knew, I had the first scene of a comic book script, and it occurred to me:
I haven't done any writing for which I'm not getting paid** in a long, long time. That means nothing creative, nothing unusual, nothing non-mercenary. Including this blog. And perhaps my life might be slightly the poorer for it.
So... yeah, spammers be damned! I have deleted your ridiculous weight loss/sex aid comments and am returning to the fray, standard held high, eyes a-blazing! Huzzah, or something!
* In case you want to know, it's "Not much left here. A bone; a bone; a paring. Let's be gone."
** Except for my work for CK Media, for which I'm supposed to be getting paid but from which I haven't seen a check since December. Ha ha! Giant stumbling corporation failing to pay its reliable freelance drone; it is to laugh!
Wahoo! She's back. I've been having similar thoughts about my own writing. Shall we do another (but more successful) dual writing challenge?
Posted by: Herm | March 24, 2009 at 11:13 AM
oooooooh a comic book script exciting!!! and yes...don't get me started on CK media and paying...arg.
Posted by: Katie Kaapcke | March 24, 2009 at 11:38 AM
Well, good! (I hope CK pays you!)
Posted by: Helena | March 24, 2009 at 11:57 AM
Insert ridiculous weight loss/sex aid comment here. :)
I *love* the line you quoted and would be delighted to read more!
(Sorry, I stalked you over here from your Facebook...)
Posted by: Amanda | March 24, 2009 at 12:04 PM
I am very interested in this CK debacle...please do tell.
Also - I MISSED YOU! DON'T EVER GO AWAY AGAIN!!
xox
Posted by: heidikins | March 24, 2009 at 01:36 PM
oh great - now i have a line of dialogue stuck in MY head...."i'm not dead yet, i feel fine, i think i'll go for a walk". good to see you back among the blogging
Posted by: pcsmart | March 24, 2009 at 01:50 PM
Oh my... she's back. :) Lovely. Welcome, welcome. Bloggy land has missed you.
Posted by: suchlovelyfreckles | March 24, 2009 at 02:50 PM
Ahhhh! I sorely missed these. Thanks, Moll!
Posted by: Rachel | March 24, 2009 at 08:14 PM
Yay! I decide to follow your blog and you stop posting. I'm glad to finally read something new!
Posted by: Shady Lady | March 24, 2009 at 09:30 PM
It's hard to both blog and Facebook, isn't it?
Boo hiss to CK.
Posted by: Mimi | March 25, 2009 at 10:46 AM
So glad you're back! I've really enjoyed reading your blog in the past.
Gillian
Vancouver and Montreal
Posted by: gillian | March 25, 2009 at 04:01 PM
"huzzah" is correct, ma'am!
Posted by: michele | March 25, 2009 at 09:37 PM
While I did miss what you generally have to say around here, Fb is fun too.
I used to think of myself as a writer whether or not I was attempting to write something. It always felt a little dishonest, but that's probably something in my head.
Lately I just hate everything I write. Hell, I hate this comment. I might not even post it I hate it so much.
But you're cool, so that's something.
Posted by: sam | March 27, 2009 at 10:54 AM
Oh, it Lives!
Heck, I even thought I saw a shadow of a Molly run across my IM Contacts the other day.
Posted by: Elf | March 30, 2009 at 10:41 PM