Tales of a So-So Life

I'm back on Blogger because WordPress and I do not get along. I've seen some really great blogs lately on Blogger and though I've had my innings with Blogger they've been nothing like WordPress. Plus the concept of Phoenix Lightning is so not me.

I'm not a black-background cool type. I'm a white-background, slightly-klutzy aspiring to be somewhat cool. The goal here is to just get words down and be myself. Or better put, not try to be Goth but not Sweet Valley High either.

About me:

Call center jockey means I work in a humongous call center taking calls for eight hours a day. Right now I handle insurance though in the past I've done directory assistance, banking, talking to old people (short-term gig servicing AARP membership) and catalog sales. The writing is something I've been out of for so long it's not even funny though I've been writing since I could put pen to paper or hands to keyboard. I've got writing ideas galore there and have actually finished things though I've only been published once (my local newspaper published an essay of mine- see the Published Writing Page Here). I like my job most of the time and I know I can go far there if I put my mind to it. But I'm torn because I love to write and would love to be a full-time writer. Yet the chances of full-time writing success are about a million to one. That's not pessimism but reality. I've got bills to pay and debt to get out of not to mention a bucket-load of work to do just to get back on track writing-wise.

This is the document of my journey to get back on track. Writing is like anything else you do in life: if you want to gain any proficiency you've got to put in the work. Fourteen years as a call-center jockey has given me the ability to talk and type at the same time, navigate multiple windows on two computer monitors, and not to mention given me an ability to roll with the good and bad that constitutes a typical day at my job. Putting my butt in the chair and hands on the keyboard is the writing equivalent of gaining proficiency.

The title of the blog is that this is a so-so life: not glamorous or super-interesting. I get up, go to work, walk my dog, eat, sleep, read, and try to write. And as I write that last bit with try I do hear the quote from The Empire Strikes Back from the brilliance of Yoda: There is no try, only do.

So let's do this.