And now: your Moment of Bohemia...

As part of my new gig with Bohemia--the literary journal I am fortunate enough to staff on--I will be writing a weekly blog assignment here catered to our fans/friends/bohemian followers. The rest of the staff are poised to write, as well, so feel free to visit http://bohojo.wordpress.com/ to check out my fellow staffers in all their glory!

For me: sometimes I will write on certain topics and other times, I'll post some fiction I've been working on so keep checking back weekly for that! :)

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Writer?

Some days I spend more time in my head than anywhere near reality: making up scenes for my latest novel inspiration, thinking up kick-ass ways to tell my enemies off, building grand ideas for when I sell my first book or dreaming of the perfect, romantic gesture that might happen to me.

That's not to say I'm always unproductive.

I log hours nearly every day critiquing possible novels on my j-drive or trying my hardest to make something work for the Magazine. Most of the time, I dislike what I write on some level due to a perfectionist nature that constantly has me rehashing each document. I always have that doubt with the words, thinking that someone out there would've written it better. That someone is probably my editor!

I suppose we all have a bit of that in us.

But, one of the reasons I choose to keep my love of this art is the one moment I write something that is exactly as it should be. 

I've always likened the feeling to saying exactly what you want to say to the person you want to say it to. The pride in the action, the satisfaction in the delivery, the elation in such an accomplishment: it's as awesome coming out of your mouth as it was in your head.

Writers do that on paper (thankfully helped by spellcheck and a thesaurus). Even if it's just one sentence, the effect runs deep to your bones. It might make you cry or laugh or cause the hairs on your arm to stand to attention. Whatever the feeling, you know without a reread that there's no better way to produce those lines.

I want all of my fiction to be LOVED and while I know that won't happen, that one little moment is worth all the mental anguish. To know that I may not write everything perfect, but that one line just blew the rest of the dirt away.


*Kayla*