I have always loved the gentle flow of words, in fact, I am rarely at a loss for them. Being a Bibliophile sort of forces a person to also love language, and words in general. To not love all three is like being a painter that is color blind and only uses a single brush. As it is with many who love books, it doesn't take very long at all for the love to shift from consumer to creator.
Across the decade that I have been recording my thoughts in this blog, in my opinion, I haven't changed all that much. I don't have as many friends, well not many who are geographically close; and from a perspective of geography, I have seen a lot of change. There has been a number of changes in my family life as well, while I am not physically close with my siblings we have discovered and made tentative connections with two long lost siblings, I have another brother, and *gasp* while I grew up an only girl, the discovery of all discoveries, I have a sister.. as a result, I also have four more nephews whom I have never met bringing that tally up to sixteen. There are seven of us. Both my parents have passed away, though I may have mentioned that in the past. My brothers have married, divorced, and been widowed.
In the last year, I have almost completed a book on Tarot, which I feel I will be able to publish very soon. I have taken on work as a beta-reader, and am in the process of contemplating a Stream. Though one of the things that probably won't change is my dislike for being on camera. I have also started writing a work of dark fiction, which I never thought I would even try, regardless of the reading that I most enjoy, my best writing is by far more technical than creative unless you count poetry.
But I have also become more comfortable with expressive writing outside of poetry, and enjoying some exploration dabbling between first person and second person narratives without diving into a vignette style or lecturing the reader.. otherwise known as exposition.
I have noticed that while many writers appear to have an issue with prolixity, my vocabulary has made obtaining high word counts a struggle as I tend to be more frugal in my choices and more exotic in the application. Though with all that I have returned to keeping a pen and paper journal, well several of them and I have to say that my "Voice" is more clear than ever.
As I find time I will likely be revisiting some of my much older posts from this blog to discuss topics and discoveries in better detail. But until then, I hope that this personal update finds you all well,
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