Why I'm doing this...

Honestly? To force myself to write as often as possible. Write, think, write, think some more. Plus... 'it's what all the cool kids are doing', right?

What I write here doesn't have to be particularly good or brainy, either (though it won't hurt when/if it is). I'm just hoping to get my brain juices going again after a bit of a career-stunting stalemate.

Hopefully said brain juices will also be stimulated by the fact that this is my second week in a brand new office, with a brand new portfolio and surrounded by brand new people... I'm hoping to discover there's still a bit of a creative spark somewhere inside me.

I mean, I AM creative, dammit! I wrote a damn novel, didn't I? Sure, it's still stalled in Draft #1 Mode, but at least it's a COMPLETE draft... It's taken me the best part of... well, a decade to get to this point, but... it's a COMPLETE draft! And there have been... circumstances surrounding it's creation. Life stuff. University, trying to figure out what to do with my life, getting a real job in the real world... And that pesky business of switching countries...

But I digress. Chances are it won't be the last time, either.

Bottom line: I'm trying to create excuses/occassions for me to babble in written form, until the babble becomes a thought and the thought becomes a good one, and this good thought becomes an idea, which in turn will blossom (hopefully) into something brilliant...

Here's hoping...