word-bend-er: Being someone who manipulates words in a pleasing pattern and fashion.
Admittedly, this favorite slogan of mine is not entirely original. The concept of 'bending' is a staple in the universe of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Certain characters possess the ability to manipulate, or 'bend', the different elements.
Words are my element. I spend my life studying them for a better understanding of how they flow together; how they interact; how they dance.
And day by day, I guide them over the pages with a little more grace, a little more confidence. There is more for me to learn -probably more than I can ever achieve- but I strive to the best of my abilities.
That is the path of a wordbender.
What you can expect from this blog:
Bloggy things. That's why I'm here, after all. ;)
I will discuss writing -it's intoxicating pull, unavoidable pitfalls, and the miracles of a good edit and revision. But who didn't anticipate that?
The subject of life and what's going on will likely come up. I've recently moved, I am beginning the plunge into the submit-and-query end of the writing business, and new stories are popping up as frequently as new blossoms on the fruit trees. (I suddenly find myself with a lot of fruit trees. I watch them, day by day, as the flowers slowly bloom, fall, and form as fruit. What an amazing process!)
Anything that catches my fancy. I like to talk about things -from movies, television and books, to why people employ the phrase 'needless to say...' when they obviously feel a great need to say whatever it is they so blithely dismissed an instant before- and a blog is the perfect rocket ship on which to place such musings and send them hurtling into the Space of Cyber for the rest of the world to see.
I hope to get comment capabilities installed, just as soon as I figure out how. ;)
Until next time, just remember that while walking your chosen path -be it photographer, artist or wordbender- it may be the destination that counts, but it is the journey that matters.