...and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" Confucious asks... or Paul Bunyan ponders... or--who came up with that question, anyway?
By the same token--if a writer isn't really, well--writing, at the moment--are they really a writer?
What defines the term "writer?" When anyone asks what I do, that's what I tell them. "A freelance writer," I say. Truth be told, it's been a while since I was actually paid for anything I wrote. Everything I've done since then has been purely for my own amusement.
Truthfully, I ran out of time for paid writing. I had classes and a home to take care of. Now that I'm done with the classes, I'm a full-time ("homemaker" and "housewife" sound so 1950's-Donna Reed that I can't bear to let the words pass my lips--or fingertips)--well, I take care of my family full time. And volunteer as a literacy tutor. I really enjoy both.
But it would be nice to work some writing into the mix--writing that other people will actually read. A blog's a good start--to, if nothing else, get the ideas and words flowing more freely.
