I'm not putting off writing. Had to get that in there before someone called me out for click-baiting.

What I am finally getting to is a thought I had while reading a review. Someone said the book seemed like 'wish fulfillment', and to be honest it would be a fairly accurate statement. I began writing in a journal before my 2006-07 deployment, something I had been told would help with the stress, and it did.

At some point during my deployment stuff happened that felt wrong to put to paper, almost sacrilege, so I did not. So I stepped away from writing and forgot about it for almost 10 years.

Fast-forward to 2016 where during my classes I decided to write some to take my brain away from the stress of school as an adult learner. Once I started it was almost an obsession for me, a creature growling in my chest demanding to be heard, so I did.

I wrote/edited some days for upwards of 13/15 hours, others only an hour. at this point, a year after I started, I still do not have a 'process' as most writers call it. My hours are willy-nilly, my words to page sessions vary from 500-6000, but I enjoy it.

In the end, I think that's what matters. I'm not in writing to make money, though it would be a lie to say it's a nice perk, I'm in writing because I have an over overactive imagination, and figured others might find it interesting.

I want to thank anyone who made it this far into my little tangent, and if nothing else gained a little insight into me as a person.