Sometimes I wonder, if I had all day to do nothing but write, would I have more to say? I’ve decided that I need to get over my bout with writer’s block; the only way I will ever get something published is if I just start writing. About everything. I know that it probably seems like, on the surface, I already do this. But I really don’t. I’m so concerned with writing something worth reading that I wait and wait to write and then nothing comes out. On that note, random thought for the day: How did Oprah get so famous? I mean really…I’m watching her right now and all she really does is say “Yeah…uh huh. Mmmm. Right. Uh huh. Ohhhhh. Right. Really. That’s great. Yeah.” No joke…I can do that. I do do that. We all do that. It’s called listening. So how exactly does one build an empire around “Yeah…uh huh” ? How is it that we, as her audience, listen to her every word, follow her advice, and think to ourselves at book stores “Ohhh that book has an Oprah circle on it…it must be good.” Does she really know how to pick a good book? Better yet, has she had the time to actually read the book? She seems pretty busy….As much as I would love to elaborate on this inquiry, I have to start preparing for tonight’s workshop. Time to channel my inner teacher. I’ll do my best to suppress the urge to go all Oprah on the students–”Right. Yeah…no, yeah. Ok. Ok. Uh huh.”
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