Friday afternoon with a beer and Art Pepper keeping me company. Working on my book. Editing, fine tuning, thinking about how I'm going to write the introductions to the ten sections.
I'm currently in the Stories Matter section – being inspired by myself and what I've written in the past. Inspired to write more and better stuff, to write more inspirational stuff. . .
Taking notes like, "don't be afraid to write in a stream of consciousness manner, with lots of commas and run-on sentences and. . .ellipses. . . because you can always go back and edit later. . . or not. . ."
Really starting to architect the book. . . how does it flow from the beginning to the end, from one section to the next. . . what will the reader's experience be like?
Sitting in my recliner looking out the window. . .feeling fortunate to have written everything I've written, and to keep writing what I will write today and tomorrow and next year.
To keep telling my stories, to keep inspiring others to tell theirs. . .and to keep celebrating humanity and connection and truth. . .in the face of all that's trying to dehumanize and disconnect and lie. . .
And so I'm documenting what's going on in my life, my head, my heart. . .I'm documenting, not creating. . .
And feeling pretty good about things. . .