A Story is Born

Is it just me, or has tuning into the news lately become a frightening venture in and of itself?  Forget the magical stuff that makes up fantasy, it's the events happening in our world today that fuels my nightmares. Werewolves, zombies, and vampires suddenly seem like cuddly pets you might turn to for solace in the wee morning hours--anything to get away from the reality of things.

It probably doesn't help that I drift off to sleep with the TV on,  Glen Beck's voice in the background, warning us of where were heading.  And simply put, it doesn't look good.  Basically, we're all screwed.  George Soros has become a thorn in America's side, and a disrupter of a good nights rest.  I shouldn't make light of what is really happening, I don't mean to.  I guess this is just my defense mechanism kicking in--when things get stressful, I tend to start cracking jokes.

But all kidding aside, for months now I've been watching on in horror as our beautiful nation falls to pieces around our ears.  The warnings and threats, wars, terror, sky rocketing gas prices, and rising food costs are only the beginning. It would seem, given the path we're on, things are bound to only get worse. And it doesn't matter who you are-democrat, republican, independent--we are all going to pay the price.  For better or worse, this is where we are united, we're in this together, my fellow Americans.  However, don't fear, we are made of sturdy stock, and we will move upward and onward.

So, this brings me to my latest idea. It's rather unorthodox-or at least, it's unorthodox for me, anyway. All of these news headlines and breaking stories  have been inundating my thoughts for quite some time. Those fragments of  information stewing and bubbling in this overactive brain of mine, growing bit by bit, to the point I can see the beginning of something exciting.  A possibility of a story, perhaps.  I thought it might be kind of fun to blog this new tale.  In doing this, I will be straying from the comfort of my usual genre, but I think this might be a good thing.

Tonight I will flesh it out, and hopefully by tomorrow I'll be ready to begin writing. Each day I will try to set aside half an hour to dedicate to our little project. Be warned: most of it will be crap!  But I'm slightly obsessive compulsive, so each day I'm sure there will be revisions.  It will be a work in progress, and so there should always be something going on. The title will be... Grace's Ruin  (until I think of something I like better) :)

See you tomorrow!  For now, I'm off to Sam's Club to stock up on canned goods...


Inspiring quote for this project:

The stern hand of fate has scourged us to an elevation where we can see the great everlasting things that matter for a nation; the great peaks of honour we had forgotten - duty and patriotism, clad in glittering white; the great pinnacle of sacrifice pointing like a rugged finger to heaven.  ~David Lloyd George