Among her top fifteen reasons for why most writers don’t make it out there in the world (or in general), number two reads, “They [writers] will ‘invest’ eons of time deciding their niche. Rather than writing their way to the niche.”

Lipika Sahu, ma’am, that stung.

Yet, she’s absolutely right in her fifteen point assessment. I have been wanting to return to the blinking cursor for several months now. There have been countless times when I’m with my wife at some cool, hip distillery in central Texas and I look over at her to ask (for the 1000th time), “Do you think I should start writing again.” Personally, I think she orders another round not because the bourbon is so good (although it is), but because she’s tired of hearing me wonder about the possibilities as opposed to seeing me to work out the cobwebs.

Therefore, here I am. I have been sent, on my own accord, however. Or was I?

I haven’t posted anything on this website in a little over two years, but I’ve thought about posting regularly. And it’s not procrastination that I’m hung up on, but pondering. Only, I think it’s enough.

I want to say that I’ll be creative and cunning, but I haven’t even been consistent and consistent. To be honest, I feel like I have so much to write about without having the words to say it. And yet just when I think that I’ve laid my heart on the table with you, Sahu strikes again with point number nine, “they will hide behind the cloak of ‘learning.’ Acing the theories but flunking the practicals.”

Madam, please, stop.

She’s right…again.

Fine.

From here on forward, I will not provide you with a sense of clear, creative, content that is consistent, but rather I will say that I hope to invite you into the mundane mess of the miraculous which is a stunning way of saying that I’ll write something at some point.

Could I give you hint?

I haven’t stopped reading. Nay, it was the great Harry Truman who said, “Not all readers become leaders, but all leaders must be readers.” I say this because I think a good introductory post (apart from this attempt) will be in the form of what I’ve been reading and I hope that it brings encouragement and entertainment.

In the end, Sahu is right, and I’m thankful for her article. So, with conviction settled on my wings and the uncertainty of tomorrow, I look forward to seeing you here again.