I Write. What do you do? (Introducing Ourselves: Part Two)

Hello bloggers. Hello readers. Jenn here, the other half of BarLaG Publishing. This is my introduction. My “Who Am I” essay dedicated to the blog-verse.

I don’t remember when it started. This passion for words. I can’t even explain why I like writing so much. As of late, my writing has become nonexistent. I’d like to blame school. Writing for a teacher kills writing for yourself. But school has been out for about a month now, and I still haven’t written anything. Extreme writer’s block. Except, I’m writing now. Writing about myself. Or, I’m supposed to be writing about myself. Myself and writing. We come together. A pair. A combo deal. A cheeseburger and fries. Microsoft Word has been telling me for the past six or so sentences that there are fragments that I should consider revising. There’s fact number one: I write in fragments. I like fragments. Short sentences are my thing. And sometimes, others like them, too. They say it’s my style. They being the fifteen to eighteen people in a workshop. They like the short sentences. The flow of the words. It’s choppy, but it works. Work. Fact number two: If I don’t become a writer, I don’t know what I’ll do. Maybe teach? Most writers teach. I hate working for the summer. Clerical work - filing, shredding, phone calls, and a front desk - is not my ideal summer. I’d rather sit in my yard and tan. Fact number three: I’m big on tanning. The sun. Summer. Fact number four: I was born on July 4th. Independence Day baby. Did you know that Microsoft Word considers “Independence Day baby” a fragment?

I want to be a writer. I am a writer. It takes guts to say that. I am a writer. Not, I want to be a writer, or, I will be a writer, but I am a writer. And I am. Even when I’m not writing. When the words are just stuck in space waiting for me to get to the moon. I am a writer. I don’t want to be a lawyer. Don’t wanna be a doctor. No. I hate math and science. I’d rather read. Give me Hunter S. Thompson any day. Every day.

I write. What do you do?