My First Post 😬

So it's time to write my first post, and I have to be honest with you... it's intimidating! I can sit and write thousands of words every day without a single butterfly in my stomach, but the first few words I write here will either keep you coming back for more, or bore you to the point of googling "how do I straighten my chest hair?"

BUT WHY?

I struggled for a long time over one simple question: should I have a blog? In the end, I realised; I don't want a blog, but I do NEED a blog. I have schizophrenia and my brain can be quite disorganised. That's a bad thing for a writer, but over the decades I've discovered that writing down my thoughts is the best way to discard them. To make way for the big ideas I need to jettison the junk.

WHY DUMP MY JUNK HERE?

I've tried journalling away all the junk, but once the journal is put away the thoughts return. I need a living, breathing, space to dump my junk in a way that's persistent so I can refer to it at any time... kind of like online cloud storage for my brain. Google assures me that space is called a 'blog'. Funny word. Sounds like something an Eastern European would mutter after stubbing their toe on a snow-covered log. Oh, blog! 🤬

So this blog is actually for me, not you. But I'm happy to share it. Maybe something I write will resonate with you. Maybe you'll smile, however briefly, and I'll help brighten up your day. Maybe reading about my struggles will help you with yours.

However, first and foremost, this blog is a place for me to dump my junk so I can work on my WIPs (works in progress) and decide how Cade is going to escape his predicament in Cade Cooper, or work out Fredder's pronouns in my Miondor series.

WHAT WILL MY POSTS BE ABOUT?

Which topics will my posts cover? That's possibly the hardest question to answer. I suspect the list looks something like this:

• Personal anecdotes
• My struggles with IIH, schizophrenia, and ME-CFS
• Occasional photos
• My creative process
• Poetry & flash fiction
• WIP updates
• Random rants

Of course, I'll never stop venting about my comically oversized, annoying husband, Pig 💁‍♂️

SUMMARY

Welcome to my blog, Bitches! 🥳