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I seem to have traded blogging for fiction.

I have this need to write. I'm sure you know what I mean. For the last year or so, I've been blogging more and more.

Then last week, I decided to get back into my book. Since then, I've written 5 short stories and only 1 blog.

My blog tends to be about everyday news with a huge emphasis on the hypocrisy of politics. I sit down to blog and the words just fill up the page.

Fiction is harder. Mark Twain sort of eluded to this. Truth is stranger than fiction because fiction has to make sense.

There is a difference between how I feel after blogging and writing. Blogging leaves me feeling relieved. I was able to get something off of my chest. Fiction leaves me excited. Wow! If I could make that story happen, I can make other stories happen as well.

Creating is exciting. Writing fiction is creating.

Now for my book. I have it open on my computer and am in the process of reading the last couple of chapter to get in the zone. I also have an excel spread sheet to help me keep track of events and dates. That is harder than I thought it would be when I first started writing.

Enough stalling...to the book!

j