Well, my friend didn't write again last night. She gave another excuse. Granted, many of her excuses are plausible, even understandable. However, the sad thing is that almost all of her excuses are great ideas for story scenes! She ends up buying her own excuses and never jumps on them as life experiences -- they're all fuel for her own misery. I think she enjoys suffering. It gets her attention. This is codependence, and I don't want to be an enabler. So I think it's time for me to back off for a while. I'll wait for her to come to me if she has any writing to discuss. I'll focus on my own writing until then.
I'm actually feeling very ill tonight (massive headache). I'm not using it as an excuse to shirk my blogging promise -- every night in January no matter what. Writing is like exercise. Until it becomes a habit or an integral part of one's life, it is a disruption. Supposedly it takes 3 weeks for something to become a habit or to break a habit, so a month of "disruption" should make blogging a habit for me. An excuse like a headache would undermine the promise and the purpose. I don't think I could start any other habits right now otherwise it would be overwhelming. Baby steps! Maybe I'll tackle exercise next month.
On another note, a colleague at work is preparing to start a writing group. It will be held over Skype or some other online meeting technology. The members would be in Texas and California -- people he already knows. I think this would be a great way to share writing ideas and get critiques. I know this colleague will give me his honest opinion -- he and I have pretty candid discussions at work, and I value his thoughts, even if I don't always agree with him. He has a unique way of looking at things, and he makes me think.
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