Something no one will care about

But I'll post this anyway, knowing the good readers of this blog will probably not be interested.

When the Da Vinci Code came out a couple of years ago, I was fascinated, and read the whole thing in a short amount of time. I have always been interested in that sort of subject matter, and most of what the author talked about, I already knew.

I sort of fancy myself as a budding writer, and am always starting on books and things that I either never finish or, if I do, never have the nerve to submit to a publisher since I know they'll be rejected.

After finishing reading the Da Vinci Code, I planned a new book. I started researching and outlining a book to "follow up" on the Da Vinci Code, and be a sort of unauthorized "secrets behind the book" book. I didn't get far, although the idea really fascinated me. I eventually got busy in my own life again, and with work, blah blah blah, and never took the time to get very far on it.

Then in the book store I found something that halted all progress on it for good....a half dozen or more books EXACTLY like the one I was working on, already written and published. One of them was getting great reviews and selling well. I bought it, read the introduction, and became depressed. The guy said he read the Da Vinci Code the summer of 2003, the same time I read it, and....AND he runs his own business as his main occupation. So this guy and I both read the book at the same time, both have main jobs other than writing, and HE manages to whip out a book and get it published while I'm still fumbling around on the sidelines.

Not that I could have gotten mine published anyway since I've never published ANYthing, and he's already got several books out. But the point is there's a difference between him and me....he did it, he finished his book; I didn't finish mine...didn't hardly even try.

So my claim that I don't have the spare time is really bogus. I just don't MAKE the time. Since I turn 40 this year, it's probably time to stop playing around and start doing what I need to do in order to do what I want to do. What do YOU want to do when you grow up? Are you doing it? Because guess what, you're grown up now.