Planning

A friend of mine just pitched a book idea. The idea was met well, but my friend has more work today. Which got me thinking about my own plans. It sure is easy to plan. I think I'd be a great event planner, actually. It's the doing that's the problem.

Anyway, everyone wants to write a book, it seems. In my writing courses, at least half of my students tell me that. I don't teach lit or creative writing or anything like that. Something about the word "writing" or "composition" in a class title brings out the inner author. Which is good.

My current situation rather encapsulates my life. There is a call for papers I would like to respond to. It is a little outside of my area of expertise, but it is a topic in which I am interested. I have an old paper that sort of meets the guidelines. I could just send it in and see what happens. Or I could pull out my books and write something new. I like writing and research; I like planning.

But so far I've done nothing, not even check that other paper for typos. I'm definitely tired of rejection letters.

For Free

In thinking about writing and my last post....so many post so much to the internet. How is anyone going to make money any more? Or maybe no one ever made much to begin with?

Maybe I could write a research paper about this.

Book

Like so many, I have an idea for a book.

But I can't seem to start writing. What if no one wants to publish it, or read it? What if someone beats me to it?

What if I'm a hack, or not as smart as I thought I was?

I have nothing to lose by writing. Other than a lot of time. And the cost of postage.

Still. Thinking about my book is easier than writing it, or writing journal articles.