Writing

Is writing an art or anyone can write? I always wonder how famous people or celebrities write those New York best sellers. I get the part that they write books about thier lives and it sells and all that....but still do they really sit in front of the computer or take a writing pad to write down thier thoughts? It has always been an intriguing question I seem to get stuck on.

I came to Sacramento, CA in 1997 as a newly wed and of course my first overseas trip outside India. I had realized that my education was worthless until I either get a degree that was accepted here in the US or had some sort of a engineering background to get a head start in my 'carrier'. Well I had no choice but to watch TV, be a newly wed wife, exercise in the apartment complex gym, and viola WRITE. I did the usual, dear diary...but then I also thought hey why not write back home my experience to this new life: being a newly wed and life in this new country. So I did. I wrote letters to my parents, in-laws, and sisters - I don't really remember sisters but definitely friends. The common theme in all the letter writing was - gosh K2, you write so well. Its like we are right there when you are describing your experiences or even your own apartment. I wrote to them about silly incidents, like crossing a road at the stop light by pressing a button to let you do the pedestrian crossing. I know sounds lame, but believe me coming from India, I had no idea such a thing even existed. In India, you cross a road at your own risk. I also was fascinated by grocery stores having a post office? Grocery store has a POST OFFICE? Really? I was amazed at the rate I was riding my bike from my apartment complex to this grocery store, Bel Air, and mailing letters back to my parents in India. There are so many such stories I was relating to my folks, they would laugh at my innocence at times and jokingly say - why don't you write a book? Short stories - incidents that were so common here but for you some sort of an adventor if you will... Write a book? Its been 11 years now that I have made Sacramento my second home from India, and I still haven't figured out how to write a book. It is a dream for me. Perhaps one day. I thought for a headstart, let me see if I can even write a page. Blogging seemed like a good place to start. Who knows I may finally figure out a way and put my thoughts together and actually write something...book perhaps? Seriously if writing was so easy, I would have written a book by NOW!!!

I have started this blog thing so as to improve my own writing skills if you will - what better way to get free feedback from everyone whether I know them or not.

Can think of anything more - writer's block? :) Maybe...