This might be ominous, starting my first blog post with a kitten. It’s not exactly reflective of the tone of most of my writing. But I feel compelled to borrow the phrase “popcorn kittens” from a writers’ workshop I was at that explored this bold new digital publishing age we’re racing into. The phrase came out of a YouTube video you can watch here, that shows lots of kittens doing what kittens do if you put them all together – leap, tumble, bounce, roll, play, nonstop.
The connection with writers and starting this blog in particular? There are always a thousand things a writer can do in their career beyond just writing. E-publishing, with all its exciting possibilities, has just multiplied the urgency of all those things a hundredfold. More eyeballs on your work even if you’re not a bestselling author. More need to be available, in touch, online, plugged in.
So while I’ve never exactly been hiding, here’s my commitment to be ever more present. More blogging, more tweeting, more updating of website. I’m basically full of popcorn kittens. The challenge, as they keep bouncing up with another idea, is to keep writing.
Meow!
