I don’t write often about my past, or, to be more accurate, I don’t write openly about my past. I don’t actively talk about it. People that know me “well” most likely would never guess it…

A lot of Falling is autobiographical. Most of the past traumas are ones that I’ve personally experienced and I found that writing Falling helped me to work through.

So now I’ve tried to return to that story it requires me to return to a dark place… and I recoil from that. It just got really hard and I found that I couldn’t. Now, I don’t mean to make this post a whining post. I’m working on other things, and I return to Falling in fits and starts. The main point is just to bang out a little as my mind is able to wrap itself around what it has to do.

The main point I’m trying to make is that most writing comes from a special place and mental state has a ton to do with that. Normally, I try to work on one project at a time, and time and again that comes to bite me in the butt. Right now, I’m working on something light and fluffy, which is uncharacteristic of me. Normally I’d bang my head on it until it bled, and then I’d decide on whether or not the work is worth it.

Usually I don’t.

So… I’m going to try something new. I’m going to intentionally work on two different things at the same time. Something light and fluffy, and something very dark. I want to see if I can, instead of avoiding my mental states, embrace them and use them to make something that is worthwhile…

So, thanks for tuning in, and thanks for reading, and now, off to work!