Friday, May 6, 2011

Technology and Writers

Currently Reading: Lover Unleashed by JR Ward
Currently Listening: Judas by Lady GaGa
Currently Listening: Rolling in the Deep by Adele
Currently Surfing: Smashwords
Currently Watching: Doctor Who


So here is why writers shouldn’t keep blogs. We’re just not a reliable people. Kym and I kept this blog going consistently what, two months? Pathetic.

My first mistake was buying an iPod Touch. And now my iPad is in the mail. A professor of mine summed it up the best: “Ashley, you deserve cool toys. They help you write.”

Sure, this is an excuse I’d love to employ (and often do – just ask anyone who knows me). But the truth is that I love writing because it doesn’t require anything. Okay, well the actual act of writing needs something – a utensil of sorts and something that said utensil will mark upon. Pen and paper, pencil and a wooden desk, blood and the wall…what? Sometimes a girl runs out of Post-It notes.

But the idea of writing doesn’t require a damn thing. I’ve written entire adventures, murders, romances, and the memoir or two (they usually put me to sleep) in forty-minute car rides.

Then I bought an iPod Touch and became addicted to Fruit Ninja, Bloons Tower Defense 4, and even the occasional word search so I’d at least feel like I wasn’t wasting my time. But I was.

And I once I sign for that iPad you may never hear from me again.

-Ashley