Alternate Reality

I've been sick for a week. One week, in bed. I'm not used to this much time in the house. It's oddly unsettling. I spent the first few days watching endless hours of tv. Then when I began to feel like I was living in alternative reality, I decided it was time to shut off the tv.

Have you ever done that? Have you ever spent so much time living in a different world, that reality began to feel unfamiliar. (Yes that is correct I'm officially crazy). But really. When I was younger I would disappear into books for days. When I finally finished whatever series I was in, I would return disappointed the real world. What happens when the real world becomes a pale comparison to the world you want to live in?
I suppose that's why so many people turn to other things. I'm sure if I wasn't so afraid of pain I would turn into an adrenaline junkie.

Doesn't matter. Anyway the product of the last week in bed has been for me to begin writing again. Obviously that has not shown up here. I'm working on a book. When you read books about writers, they always tell you to write about what you know. But I think that there are actually two realms of writers. Those who write about what they know, what is familiar and those who write to create a world that cannot be realized in the present. I think the latter type tends to get pushed into children's literature or sci-fi/fantasy. It seems that those are the books that inspire us when we are young. They make us want to be bigger, better, and brighter than we are.

Tomorrow, I go back to work and my writing will probably get laid aside for a time. But this week has made me want to do 2 things: continue to write the world that I cannot live and then to make my own life the best story it can possibly be, so that I no longer wish to escape.

That's all.

Cheers

I logged on so that I could delete my account and instead have decided to revive it. We'll see how long that lasts. But with the summer coming, I'm hoping to write more which will fill these pages! So here's to summer! Here's to books! Here's to my next chapter in life!