Hi Everyone!

I didn’t plan on not posting for two months but I also didn’t plan on not going away to college and staying home to do online classes for another year; however here we are – or at least I am. It’s Friday night and I made the terrible decision of eating dairy free, cold brew coffee sorbetto a few hours ago. My heart is palpitating, I’m having trouble focusing on words and rEaDinG without skipping li

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and I probably won’t go to sleep for quite some time tonight. Hence this blog post, I’ve made enough bad decisions today – what more do I have to lose with a blog post that could be equally bad? (the answer to that question is A LOT but I refuse to acknowledge that.)

Since this is a new blog and I, a new blogger, you may be thinking “WHY SHOULD I TAKE WRITING ADVICE FROM A PERSON WHOSE WRITING I HAVE NEVER READ?” (yes I am shouting that question (in my head). I don’t want to disturb the neighbors at 10 in the evening.) And I would absolutely agree with you. I wouldn’t take writing advice from a person I didn’t know well or hadn’t read any of his/her writing. Ever. Okay maybe not ever, I took a lot of writing advice from random bloggers whose articles I stumbled across on Pinterest. Some of them were quite helpful and some weren’t. But I’m off-topic now.

In order to fix this problem I will be posting four pieces of writing, my writing, this month. You should feel honored. xD I haven’t even shown my mom, best friend, or anyone I know in person or online, these pieces. Some of them I will probably write this month, most likely the day before I post them, becuase reading old writing makes me want to curl up in a corner and never come out. (I often forget that editing is a thing and that no piece comes out perfect the first time.) You could say I am a little insecure about my writing.

Okay, a lot insecure but it’s okay. I want to be an author someday so it is definitely something I need to face. And we’ve faced a lot of things in 2020. I’m sure I can face this. And I know it’s something that will still be there but I can prove to myself that I don’t need to let it terrify me.

The four pieces I will be posting will consist of a non-fiction piece (that may have a poem with it), a fantasy piece, a fiction piece, and a short story. They won’t be posted in that exact order though. Each piece will be between 0~2000 words but I make no guarantees. The short story will probably be longer and at the moment I have no idea what it will be about…*awkward silence*… Being absolutely honest most of these pieces will probably be written after 11 pm when I’m too tired to care anymore. xD

However I am relatively and cautiously excited to begin this. It’s ambitious for me since I’ve never really shared large pieces of writing with anyone, nevermind on such a public level.

I hope that by doing this it will show my skill or lack-there-of as a writer and you can decide whether to stick around becuase you think my blog might be worth reading or you decide that my writing isn’t really your cup of tea or coffee, or any kind of drink you like, and so decide to never come back. Either is okay with me, it’s your choice as the reader. Though if you tell me in the comments that my writing sucks I may find a cave to hide in and never come out of again. Just kidding. Maybe. But I am open to constructive criticism just please do it kindly remembering that there is another human behind the blog reading your comments. Don’t say anything you wouldn’t say to your dearest friend, and if you might say something mean or unkind to your dearest friend maybe you should leave it unsaid – untyped – to me. Quoting Thumper: “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothing at all.”

With that disclaimer out of the way the first piece of writing will be coming your way sometime this weekend. After that I’ll try to post each piece sometime on Fridays. Fridays are usually good days for me timewise. If not it will go up Sunday. 🙂

Until then!

Soli Deo Gloria

~Ming （明）

QUESTION: Are you comfortable sharing your writing? If so or not so why?