Traditionally I am supposed to say “Hello World”, so I just did. My first thought was to start with “I always thought there was a book in me” and I haven’t changed my mind. I’m sure that the saying “there is a book in everyone” is correct, it’s just hiding underneath the will or motivation to write each page out.
I also remember reading that you only need to write one page a day, the result of a years pages being a whole book (365 pages long surprise, surprise!). Personally my problem will be finishing it or even maintaining a page a day given my programming commitments, my money making attempts, linked to an overriding need to get out of debt and beat the “credit-crunch”, and my liking for the local watering hole.
Keeping it on topic (if there is to be an overriding topic) will tax my natural tendency to ramble and digress into any subject that has annoyed or interested me. If I write the page after a visit to the watering hole then this tendency will really come to the front - boy do I know everything about anything!
The problem with writing “a book” is that it seems real authors actually plan the whole thing! They get a “book idea” decide on a ending, a middle, some characters and then arrive at a beginning, filling in the dialogue and padding out the story with detail as they go. Hmm. I don’t have an ending in mind, I don’t have any characters except myself and my friends and family. I do have a start - “The Introduction” (this is it) Page 1. or page (i) . No that’s wrong too, I need a copyright page! So the first thing to write should be that. So here goes:
Page (i-1)
Copyright 2008-9
First published by Keyboard, Wordpress and Blog
Whoo hoo! I’ve done today’s page. I going for a second! The dedication page!! (Note dedication pages never have a page number).
To Georgina.
Double Whoo hoo! (Whoo hoo! Whoo hoo!) Two pages done.
Page (i+1) Tomorrow, when I will try discover the main topic or possibly even a story line and complete the intro.
