Sleep! I need Sleep!!

As I've mentioned a couple of times, my imagination can sometimes get a little carried away. I think it's genetic (thanks, mom). My short styles story group is talking about doing a Christmas themed  compilation book! Exciting, I know. The thing is, last night, every time I would convince myself it was really time to get some sleep, another fantastic storyline would come to mind! Which was great, sleeplessness aside. (Amazing to me is that none of these ideas involved murder!) The only real problem (other than how tired I am right now), was that although my mind was wide awake, my body was comatose, therefor, writing these great ideas down proved to be problematic.

What I need is a little gadget attached to my cranium, that basically takes notes for me. Driving, have a great idea... BAM! Note taken! Trying really hard to sleep..... BAM! No problem! How cool would that be? Those times when I'm pretending to listen to my husband, when in fact I'm laying out dialogue in my mind..... you guessed it! I think it would take multi-tsking to a whole other level, really.

Fortunately, my sleepless addled brain did manage to retain a couple of ideas that I think will prove to be promising. Never in a million years did I imagine I would be linked to such a great group of writers and creative minds. What has been a hobby my whole life seems to be morphing into something tangible and fantastic. As I look back on the two years I've been unemployed, I must say it was a blessing, I know I would not have taken the time to really take my writing seriously. I've even put to words a children's story my mom used to tell me, and even better, she's helping to write it!

Now that a new job is just weeks away, I will need to come up with creative time management to keep up with all of the writing projects I've got going on. So, if you see my husband looking thin and begging for food, please reassure him that once the writing is done, you're sure I'll start cooking again.

Till my next brainstorm,
Lori