Why is it that blogging ideas only come to me when I can’t write them down???
\nI draft wonderful opening lines when I’m in the shower. Sentences roll out of my mind when I am driving, or when I have gone out of the house without a notebook or pad of paper. The perfect idea for a blog entry bursts into my brain just as my pen goes dry.
\nLast year, as I drove through central Illinois and Indiana, I had a hand-held tape recorder with me. Everything I saw on that trip was grist for the blog when I returned, and I managed not to tape over any of the information.
\nBut, it’s hard to keep the tape recorder to hand. I need to make a fanny pack for it, or an Amish pocket. I wonder if Dear Husband will object to me murmuring into the recorder in the middle of the night?
\nWouldn’t a tape recorder\/digital camera be the perfect gift for a blogger?
\nHow do you all keep those ideas in your mind until it’s time to write???<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Why is it that blogging ideas only come to me when I can’t write them down??? I draft wonderful opening lines when I’m in the shower. Sentences roll out of my mind when I am driving, or when I have … Continue reading