The Mind of a Struggling Writer

This past weekend I went with some of my friend's to celebrate Rob's bachelor party. The Friday night festivities involved partying in the Cincinnati-Convington area. Due to low funds, I did not participate in this leg of the journey. However Jameson and I made the drive to Saturday's destination, Lucas's family farm in Osgood, Indiana, known as  Laughery .  The spot was great. There was a an uncut field that boarded the open spaces for camping. The guys already had a lively game of wiffleball started when we pulled up. There was also a creek near a spot where the cooking and campfire was. Though Dave, or the Dude as we called him told us not to smoke near the water due to methane content.  The interesting part of the evening came when Lucas's dad got some of us together to go visit an old grave on the property. It was late in the evening at this point, and it was full on dark. We walked carefully up the hiking trail and off to a side path. There we saw an o...

I recently wrote an article for the website Examiner.com , in which I looked at research on tattoos in ancient Egypt. Scientists now think the Egypt was home to the first tattoos, and that the artwork help religious importance to the wearer. This article got me thinking about a writing project that I want to start in the near future. I want to look not only at the history of tattoos, but at the cultural importance of tattoos. I also want to look at some of these traditions and how they are slowly fading away. Now of course I just have to find the time to do it. With juggling work and school with other commitments and projects it may be years before it is ready. But maybe that is best. There is no reason to rush it. It rushed work tends to be shoddy work. I know I'll have it done sooner or later. It is just a matter of time. http://www.examiner.com/article/tattoed-like-an-egyptian?cid=db_articles

One of the most difficult things about being a working writer is juggling your time. Working full-time plus being is college leaves little time to write. The key I find is to make the most of the time you do have. If you only have 3 hours on Saturday, knock out as much quality work as you can in those 3 hours. If it takes you longer than you want, that's okay. This is a process. Don't rush and sacrifice quality for quantity.