Science fiction, fantasy, mystery and what-not
It’s the best kind of day when I start out and have a purpose. The purpose can be born out of anything – writing, walking, hiking, cleaning, organizing, or whatever. But to have that sitting in my mind, “Yes, today is the day I am going to do this,” is powerfully rewarding to me. Because my energy is already aimed toward a target, my mind is engaged, and my will is determined.
Time to write like crazy, at least one more time. Unleash the insanity.
You can be sharp-edged
Or relaxed, mellow, and calm
They’ll see who you are
“You’re flirting with disaster,” people have told me just about all of my life.
To me, they’re saying, “You’re taking a risk.”
You betcha. Take a risk. Tug on Superman’s cape, pee in the wind…no; those are not flirting with disaster.
Flirting with disaster is about assessing a situation’s intangibles and variables and deciding, “I can do this. I can make this happen.” Others’ impressions that you’re flirting with disaster is more about their state of mind than it is about the situation.
Everything I write seems to be flirting with disaster – which, as an assessment, is about my state of mind. But that’s why we have editing and delete buttons.
Here is Molly Hatchet’s ‘Flirtin With Disaster’, from 1979. It’s a good theme song to hum as you walk the day and make decisions.
I do not think I like this house
Nor would I like it were I a mouse
I do not think I like its color
I cannot stand to sit in its parlor
I cannot stand the way it’s shaped
To me, its ideas are not fully baked
The rooms are dark, and they are cold
They make me feel so very old
The walls seem like they’re paper thin
And they seem like they’re always closing in
The halls provide so much wasted space
And the kitchen is an inhospitable place
The floorboards creak and the carpets are foul
With tones that might have come from a baby’s bowels
The windows are dirty and the air is full of dust
I think I’ll move, yes, I must!
Michael Seidel, writer 