End Haitus

I basically posted... oh about nothing for somewhere around a month due to a videogame induced hiatus. I'm happy to inform everyone that I am once more employed, and therefore once more writing. (I usually write after work but before my meds wear off)

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[SquidFace]

Congratulations to the job! And great to have you back! Looking forward the continuation on your current stories, Empty Pages is easily one of my current favorites.

[Blind Gardener]

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Well, I hate to say it but I lost the job. I was a temp worker and they unexpectedly closed the department 2 weeks early >.<.

I'm trying to get writing done anyway, but it's hard without taking my medicine. Anyway, I'm glad you like Empty Pages and I appreciate your encouragement!

I have a trick for writing younger characters, and it goes something like this: When I was a kid I decided certain thoughts were 'important' and started remembering them. I have a list of them somewhere and whenever I need to remember what being a kid was like, I pull out the list and read it. That generally puts me back in the mindset.

The very first on the list of course is. "I just woke up from a dream. I think they (the dreams) were memories that were from before. I don't remember my name. I don't remember going to sleep. I don't remember anything before waking up. That's not normal. This is important. I should remember this."

After that thought I wandered down the hall, saw my parents "I don't remember their names. I think that might not be normal either." Found out my name from them. Promised myself I wouldn't forget it.

It took a couple months to get a hang of not forgetting my own name. And now, for a joke. "Hello, I'm Blind Gardener, and I have been confusing child psychologists between the ages of 4 and 16."

Anyway, most of the thoughts are not quite so profane. "Whenever I walk by that one bush, it smells like blood. I wonder if the neighbors buried a dead body under it." "Why do the other children always speak so loudly? It hurts my ears." "The sun's made of plasma. Plasma is in blood. That sounds wrong, but all the adults agree it's true. We must have the sun in our blood." "Plants eat the sun. Maybe that's why that bush smells like blood." Etc. Etc.

As a side note, I just noticed it's probably weird that I seem obsessed with the smell of blood. I used to have a whole lot of nosebleeds. I've gotten it down to about once every 3 months now. The smell of blood is so normal to me that I use it as a reference point.

For the record, I often sound really depressed/depressing when I talk about myself online, but I am honestly not. Depression is not one of my problems. I often think about depressing things, but I am generally an upbeat and cheerful individual.

[SquidFace]

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Ah, a shame. Well, I know the feeling, been working part time with 4 different jobs so far in the past 2 years. Don't give up tho! Life is sadly mostly a uphill battle, but that's also what makes it so fun.

Really interesting to hear from a writers mind on how you went about to shape the characters/writing. I have been working with kids quite a lot (doing extra creative/art classes), and its really interesting when they explain there logic behind how the came about making something. More often then not, they liked something and made something based on it (games are a really popular choice). However, other times its a long strange story that has that younger odd creative spark and logic that I often feel I have lost since I got older. Nice to see your able to cal on it and use it in creative ways in your writing

Hope for the best! And I would not say your blog post are very depressing, more fascinating if anything. Hell, some of the most interesting individuals are the ones thinking, observing and commenting on uncommon, dark or "stranger" topics. People are way to reserved sometimes, and obscure thoughts does not automatically equal some kind of depression/oddity, there observations of humanity and should be embraced. Also, they often also make great material for fiction!

Cheers!