I've been feeling that creative urge again. It's been far too long since I've felt that way. The urge to write. The urge to immerse myself in the company of other writers, dickering with the grammar gurus and the punctuation police over the intricacies of who vs whom and comma usage.
In much the same way I've missed this particular forum, I've also come to miss my old writing list. It's quite a large list, actually, with members from all over the world. One of the unique things about it is that it is not just a writing list where dorks like me discuss the same boring old drudge about writing over and over again. It's also a list that plays host to a number of critique sub-lists. Fiction, Poetry, Romance, Scriptwriting, Non-fiction, Juvenile, and others I'm sure I'm missing.
A few days ago, I signed on to that list again. Only for the discussion list, however. I don't have the time right now to dedicate to writing fiction again. Blogging, right now, is tons less effortful and more fulfilling than writing fiction. Besides, with posting your work comes the obligation to critique others' works in return. And I just can't handle that at the moment.
But I did rejoin the discussion list. I'll probably keep most of my opinions to myself, as usual, unless something really gets my dander up. And I'll probably roll my eyes at the tight-assed, dogmatic opinions of certain individuals, as usual. But the point is, I'm back on the list.
And it feels good.
