I'm a blogger ! Well I will be when I submit this first post . And hopefully this will be the start of something BIG !!
Its taken a whole week of aches and snot and boredom to suddenly not have the idea,since a ) its hardly original and b ) I though of it ages ago, but to actually DO something about the idea !
Its been surprisingly easy so far. For me.I am not exactly computer whizz kid !
I hope I don't write a masterpiece ( no, I know I am unlikely to, at least not tonight ! ) and then lose the whole thing in cyber space. OMG that would be awful ! Even if its just stuff like this , I am actually quite protective about my little musings .
Well that last was a little aha moment..... amazing what comes out of your mind when writing. Perhaps that is why I tend to keep my stuff private ( not exactly a helpful attitude for someone with aspirations is it ! ) But I guess inviting judgements is part of the territory.
Maybe this will be a great exercise for me. If anyone actually ever reads it .
But if it all does disappear I shall resist saying just my luck since I understand the concept of cause and effect perfectly and I try very hard not to be a blamer . Some people, and at this point I am not going to name names, say things like " we are all the architects of our own misfortune " but what they MEAN is ,except me !
Anyway, what I would like t to know is, when does a blogger become an author ?
OK, for anyone interested, I just looked it up on my I Phone dictionary . The answer i that, in one sense,, I am one now, Hurray! It says , "noun- someone who originates , causes or initiates something "
Well, I have. Haven't I?
This, this blog, is definitely something! Everything is something. Except maybe not.That is a huge concept that I am trying to understand at the moment and eventually I might even thrash it out on here. Although in my heart I think I know the answer. .
But then it ( the i phone dictionary ) goes and pricks my tiny bubble by saying " writes ( books, stories, articles or the like ) professionally (for pay )
That's the idea !That is what I want ! To get paid for something . Anything !
This morning I got a phone call from one of the market research companies I get an occasional little job from. I used to think it was money for old rope but actually its usually not. They want their pound of flesh like anyone. I might explain another time , but this is a specific moan ! Even if I do know what caused the effect ! So the interviewer marketing lady heard my croaky voice and nearly hung up straight away since the job requires non stop talking. Then she said, would you like to do bread on Wednesday,( not make bread, just answer questions about my bread habit ) £50 for 2 hours. So I said yes please but I perked up from my snotty lethargy a little bit thinking yay, maybe things are looking up !
Right she said, do you eat bread every day? Pretty much I said.. Right answer. And where do you buy it ? Supermarket said I .Right answer again. What kind of bread ? My mind scanned my bread bin over the last week or two and I answered " seeded "
WRONG . No job.No fifty quid for old rope.
BUGGER.
They wanted any other kind of bread EXCEPT seeded !
What a bummer. And its not even completely true ! I have pitta bread all the time and challa on Fridays and bagels on Sundays and horrible unhealthy sliced white occasional;y when I fancy a specific sandwich. . Bacon. Which is quite an admission since I am a Jewish Buddhist Pescacarian ! But I am working on it. And its really occasional.
I am trying to think of this lost opportunity a just s another bloody lesson ! The lesson, lest I forget , is do not be specific.Answer vaguely or answer questions with a question till one is completely sure you know what they wan to heart. Tell small white lie only if absolutely necessary as fifty quids do not grow on trees . I have been pondering if I can afford New Year retreat ( another blog subject to come, I will never run out of subjects ) and that would have been my excuse as then I would only have to justify £210 .
Did you hear what I just said ? ANOTHER BLOG!!
That means that I will have to do this again and that means I might be making a tiny be it ever so , humble beginning towards being an Author.
Although I disagree with the dictionary on this one ! Why is getting paid for what one has written the criteria? Surely if one has finished writing a story or book or an article, one is an technically an Author?
A person who paints a picture is the artist of that picture, right ?
Well, if anyone ever reads this, they can perhaps tell me what they think.. Another opinion is always welcome. Especially if it agrees with mine !
Is this enough for a first time ? I think it is. I have enjoyed Russell Watson singing on the TV whilst I have been writing this and I probably would have switched over to something to watch, if you know what I mean. I wish I could sing. I can sing, just that no one wants to listen to me ! Perhaps I have just answered my own question because I can and do sing but no way am I a singer.
Oh well.
I will just have to start with being a blogger with aspirations to be an Author.
