It's cleaning day!

Today was an incredibly busy day for some reason. I moved out my old computer table from my room so that my little bro could have it. All I can say to that is it's about damn time. I've been wanting to get that thing out of here for months. Years, maybe.
The problem? I have too many freaking books! As my friend recently pointed out to me, you never know just how much CRAP (not stuff) you have until you have to move or clean. I have to say I quite agree.
I asked myself, what is this thing for? It's a little piece of plastic? Toss it! Then I picked up a deck of cards that didn't have all it's cards. Now, mother always said save stuff like that. One never knows when another deck will come up missing cards. Then you can just steal from the other. But truly, who the heck wants to keep this junk until that day comes? (No offense, mom!)
Finally, after multiple trips to the garbage bin, stacking boxes and finally dirt-sucking with the dust buster, the room became decent. Still crap on the floor, but hey, at least I can actually SEE the floor!
Despite all the struggles, I have to say that a clean environment appears to be a positive one. One of the reasons why I suppose I embarked on so much cleaning was to get this room into shape. I've been wanting to sit down and start doing some creative writing again. But who can concentrate and think up brilliant ideas with a room that just oozes negative energy?
Well, let's see if this helps. I swear I already feel a change in this room. I never believed much in fung shua, but I have to say there seems to be some merit to it.
Anyway, that's all I've got to say. I'm off to walk my dog, take a shower and catch some Zs!
Natalie
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My First Post

This is my first post in my new blog. I know, very exciting, but what can I say. Although this isn't my first blog, I'm still new to this blogging stuff. I keep thinking to myself that my life is incredibly boring, so why would anyone want to read it?

I suppose though, I mostly wanted to start writing in a blog to get more motivated about my writing. Writing isn't as easy as it looks. Or seems in your head. You may have scenes and bits of dialogue down, but there's so much more that goes into it. Take for example this scene I'm writing right now. My hero is ticked off about getting drenched with yucky mop water. I know what's the outcome of the confrontation with the bucket-wielders, however, I'm having trouble getting to that point. What they say between them, how to approach my outcome, etc. I don't know why this is so difficult. Perhaps I don't know my hero well enough and should explore his character more?

That scene is from a historical work I'm trying to do. A bit of fantasy combined with 1800s era. I'm not sure how it's working so far.

Today it didn't feel like I did much on my historical fantasy. I suppose it's because I was trying to write something for that eHarlequin July writing challenge. Writing a scene in 500 words might seem easy. Oh, well, actually...it is. I mean, I wrote my 500 words...and then some. The hard part is cutting down the main points. I hate that. It always seems that when I need to write something short, I end up writing more than I need and then have trouble slimming it to the right length. Yet, when I try to write something longer, like my fantasy historical, I feel impatient, like it's taking me too long to get where I want to go.

I'm stupid, what can I say. :P