I have been in hiding. It suddenly started to seem like a ludicrous thing to do, putting my personal thoughts up on the Internet. So I’ve been putting my thoughts in places they belong–a real journal, my head, the ears of loved ones, my actions. But here I am again, posting something.

Our Word Pirates reading at the Phoenix Theater went extremely well. For some strange reason, I was not nervous when I read. In fact, I was infused with the sense that I can do this. I wish I felt that way more in life. But I wasn’t the only one who read well–everyone did. I am impressed with how the six other writers pulled together short, tight, entertaining pieces for the reading. And on top of that, we even got a big crowd.

A lot of my time has been taken up with small changes. I have been rearranging how I do things a bit. These life/work experiments are all too new to tell you if they are working yet, but I am hoping they will help me change some bad habits.

For example, I have stacked my day so that I do all my writing in the morning, and everything else, from blogging to IMing to reading the newspaper, in the evening. The theory is that I should use the freshest part of my brain for work and leave the rest for left-over stuff.

I have also been writing what I want. I’m attempting to no longer be ruled by the drive for money, and instead be ruled by my artistic impulses. So instead of pushing that idea for a short story off so I can send a query about green building designs, I am using my time to write the story. This is harder than it might seem.

And I’m drinking water. I have been thinking a lot about water. It’s this life-giving force, this all-sustaining liquid that everything is partially made up of… and I dislike it. That doesn’t seem right. So I am trying to drink only that for a while. And eat lean protein. And sit in silence more. That kind of thing. Boring to talk about, boring to adjust to, but worthwhile…? Let’s hope so.

One more thing: My Technorati Profile.