"...Stay Yo Ass at Home..."

This post will veer away from my usual laments on writing, and focus on my biggest peeve in the entire system of life! Some people may disagree with me, but I believe you'll find it hard to disagree with the logic of what I'm going to say. And logic is my ultimate goal with whatever I write and say.

I have a major issue with public figures who can't believe the "publicness" that comes with being known. From A-listers like Julia Roberts to Z-listers, where most authors fit, sans the Kings, Grishams and Collins'. How many times do you hear: "I'm entitled to my privacy?"

My response to that: Fair. But you should have thought about your precious privacy BEFORE you decided to embark on a public career. Now, I'm not saying you're not entitiled to your privacy, we all are; what I'm saying is don't complain about how you fear for the safety and sanctity of your family and children because people know too much about you. That's part of being a public person. People become fans, they want to know more about you, they buy your stuff.

That's the ultimate goal whether a public person wants to admit it or not. They want adulation, people to adore them and their work, but when all this starts to happen, and they begin to reap the benefits of this new found fame and fortune...oh, boy, all that love doesn't seem so great anymore. Having to deal with these people who admire you is getting in the way of you spending all that new money, and hanging out with your more "elite" group of friends. Too bad.

Patti LaBelle put it best: "If you don't want to be seen, stay yo ass at home." It was her advice to the new wave of pop-sluts and R&B-whores, which essentially meant: either sing, perform, and enjoy the ride of fans and money and fame, or get the fuck out of the business.

That means: Don't make another album, don't write another book, don't do another movie. Ditch it all and go live your private life. Move on, because there is always someone willing to take your place (and most likely more talented). You want your privacy so badly? Then give it all up. Do something less public; go back to being a "little person."

But either enjoy the ride, the fans, the money, the adulation or stay yo ass at home.

Oh...to Be an Editing-Whore!

If there is one time in your life when you want to be a whore, it's when it comes to editing your written work. Sadly, I am not a whore. But I want to be an editing-whore, because then I won't have to login to Blogger and fix little mistakes like adding an a to dilating and fixing skipped pronouns and qualifiers.

No, people, what you are getting is raw writing.

To be cheesy about the whole matter: I am nothing but a vessel for the creative lifesource; for she drips her nectar of craft onto my fingetips, and I am nothing but a rudderless slave to her whimsicality, her mercurial wind. Her name is Muse.

And Muse often says, "Fuck editing. Write, my dear, write."

Of course, I have to clean up her mess.

New Template, New Chapter....

The new template is up. I hope it's a better choice than my last pink disaster. Hey, I love pink just as much as the next girl, but it was too much. There is such a thing as too much pink, you know.

Also, I've posted some of CHAPTER TWO at Becoming Shadows. I tell you, it was fun to chuck the forced crap I'd written over the weekend for the intriguing (at least for me it is) direction I'm going in. It's only 800+ words, but it's 800+ words I feel good about.

On the homefront: Nigel has started referring to me as "The Authoress." He says he finds it sexy when I'm sauntering around with pad and pen, scribbling ramdom thoughts and then making a mad dash to the computer to write down the gem that had just revealed itself to me. At least he's supportive. It's not many men out there who will massage your neck as you type, and forgo sex, just so you can Edit.

I, blessed.

Blogger HELL!

I've been trying to blog for three days now. No matter how much I tried to login, I couldn't. Frustrating.

Chapter Two of Becoming Shadows is coming along nicely, soon...it'll be ready to post. Thanks to all for the encouraging emails.