This is the first toe I have dipped into the baptismal waters of blogging, my first post. This blog will be about writing--or the lack thereof. I hope posting will keep my interest in other writing up, keep me pecking away at my rewrite and the new book I'm working on. There are so many distractions: TV, the internet, my lawn, my stupid job. Of course, anyone who wishes to write should throw a rock through their television. It is such an insidious drug. I entered a short story of mine, a mystery, in a writing contest. One of the three reviewers said it sounded like an episode of a television show, one I have never seen, not even one episode. Go figure. My lawn . . . eh, do I really care? Oh yes my job, I am not married to it, but I can't divorce it. I'm hoping this blog marks the start of a successful run, a run of completing manuscripts, submitting, and acceptance. I'm staring the 4th of July weekend in the face. With a little luck, I'll wake up Tuesday with all my fingers, my eyesight, ears that work and do not ring--oh, and twenty proof-read pages. j.d.