Down With The Blog

Writers should not blog! We are too easily distracted!

Yup, I’ve found another excuse for not writing. It’s the fault of “the blog”. I should be sifting novel ideas in my notebook right now but I can’t possibly do that until I’ve finished blogging. Hah!

Actually I did get some writing done over the last couple of days. I worked on a picture book idea and I would love to blog about it. Picture book ideas are always fun to talk about. They usually have a unique little twist and this one has a twist that makes me smile broadly. I want to talk about it!

But I’ve learned. Ideas need time to grow and change within my head. If I talk about a story too soon, it somehow loses energy and when that happens I lose interest. Disaster!

So I’ll keep it trapped in my fevered brain for now and let it shift and move around. With luck, more sides of the story will be revealed. Even when they are simply written, the best picture book stories still have lots of layers to them.

Right now, however, I’m finished blogging and I’m off to my notebook to work on an idea for a novel.

Don’t forget to enter the NAME MY DOG contest! Details on the blog below along with pictures. You can enter even if you KNOW the name of my dog….because I will draw from a hat if lots of correct answers come in. And beside there is also the second half of the contest GIVE MY DOG ANOTHER NAME. Guess lots. Guess often. Hint: my dog was originally named by a previous owner and was named for something about her appearance. Contest closes November 21st!

Next Blog Monday November19th

Hazel Hutchins