100 Caps, er Posts

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One hundred caps in soccer is a huge milestone.  A cap is an international appearance in a soccer game, and it basically means you don’t suck.  Nobody makes it to 100 caps if they are a suckage soccer player.  So when it comes to hitting the 100th post milestone as a blogger, I am feeling pretty much like a non-suckage blogging superstar.  Because whether the posts were good or bad, short or long, they were there, and the number one rule of writing is that you have to show up.  So I feel proud to say that I have shown up weekly on this blog for two years, 100 times. 

Thanks to all of you who come here to read, and thanks to Andrea for making my blog look rad.  We all know that wouldn’t happen if it were me doing it, because I still don’t  load my ipod and am not entirely convinced that my show will tape if the TV is not on.  And ya, tape, not DVR or whatever that is.  

Did you guys know that the 100-episode milestone on a sitcom means it can go to syndication and make money for the actors even when they are not working?  So I am wondering when my syndication comes in.  When does the money start rolling in?  That book deal, is it forthcoming?  

To be honest, lately I have been feeling kind of done here on this blog.  Sometimes I re-read old posts, and I am very happy with what I’ve written, but I am not as inspired for new post ideas as I once was.  School starts next week, and I’m not sure how much time I’ll have for writing, and this poor twomommy is last on the priority list.  When it comes to cerebral pursuits, my work in progress is coming in first, which is good.  I split my novel idea into two separate projects and am focusing on the one that fits more as a YA novel.  I have always felt way less mature than my age in many ways, so YA feels like no real stretch, especially as far as writing dialogue goes.  The other piece, number two of the split, is a psychological thriller. Woman steps on dead man’s hand while hiking on lava beds in New Mexico and then her life starts to unravel.  It’s possible that these two ideas will meld back into one novel that jumps back and forth in time, we’ll see, but in order for it to possibly come back together I had to take it apart.  After my daily pursuits of novel writing, reading the numerous books  that live in various places in the house before they are due back at the library, working out,  and keeping up with agent blogs, cakewrecks, and other fun blogs on my blogliness, my own blog posts seem to be getting pushed to the bottom of the priority list.  And of course, the new season of Top Chef Las Vegas has begun.  Hello, I can’t miss that.  

Lately too I have been feeling apprehensive about posting really personal stuff up here if it relates to other people in my life.  I mean, I don’t care if you all know what a dork I am, but I wonder how the bootie boy would feel about me posting his stories here.  I am a big proponent that your stories are your own, and even though he is only four it feels exploitive at times. 

So my lovely readers, I want to thank you for staying with me through 100. I am so proud to hit this milestone.  It’s very nice to write post number 100.  I am not going to quit the blog, but just will keep on keeping on, hoping for new inspiration, and considering a potential change in format.  And if I create a new, more focused blog, I will let you know.  What?  Me? Focused?  Ya, that’ll be happening.

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