It caught me… hook, line and sinker. I had resisted for so long, yet it got its dirty, blocky talons in me. What is this evil thing that lurks around the corner? Minecraft. All the chunky wondrousness of it finally hooked me and dragged me flopping from here to kingdom come.
I’m not going to sit here and tell you about the wonders of the game… that’s not what this blog is about (apparently it’s about setting you up for some cool stuff about writing… then leaving you in the dust as I go run around some digitally created world made out of blocks).
So, in my quest to lead you on an adventure, I’ve fallen into a pit full of sharp spikes and impaled myself only a few days into the trip. What’s an adventurer to do? Luckily, unlike real life, a proverbial pit plunge isn’t usually fatal.
Which brings us to priorities (and how easy it is to get the list out of order). We need to keep a constant vigil on that priority list… our map through the jungle. Now, we don’t have to have the most complicated system in order to keep going. It can be as simple as, “Head off in that general direction for at least a half hour a day.” I do remember mentioning something about taking a break to have fun… but I think I also mentioned that having fun is supposed to take a back seat to the actual trek.
Long story short, for those few that actually read these words… I’m sorry for leaving you at the camp wondering where the hell your guide went off to. I’m back, with a few aerated holes for good measure, but we’re off again tomorrow with a quest for that elusive novel hidden somewhere in this morass of a jungle.
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