I'll take #2 this week, Bob.

1. Life is writing.
2. Life interrupts writing.
3. Writing interrupts life.
4. Life and writing live in perfect harmony.
5. Writing? Please, I have a life.
6. Life? Whatev. I got writing.

Am I missing any? Surely. But I hazard to guess that anyone who has considered writing as either a profession or a hobby (or--depending--both) has had at least ONE of these thoughts cross their mind before. We all hope to live in statement #4, where our writing and our realities blend like the most perfect of yins and yangs: Our children sit quietly by when we have a chapter to finish. Our daily errands provide nothing but constant inspiration for our WIP's climax. Never do deadlines creep up on us, crit partners fail us, or our own brains fail us. Oh, the joy of such a rose-colored, tea-fueled, book-contract-infused world.

Blech.

The fact is, we try to write and we try to live and more often than not, the ideal versions of the two will come into conflict. The natural writer will grow frustrated by it and kick and buck and scream and blog. The enlightened writer will accept it, draw inspiration from it and move on...you know, I am a leaf on the wind and all that crap. (*sniff*)

I wish I had more evocative, enlightening, inspiring things to say about that but...eh, life. I don't know if we here at the Archives say it enough, but we so appreciate everyone who stops by to read or comment. You guys are amazing, I truly mean it.

Any enlightening, inspiring, writerly words for us? Maybe just me? It's really been a #2 week.

Or we could just sit quietly and watch some Axe Cop. That'll do, too.

Axe Cop: The Movie - Part 1 from Peter Muehlenberg on Vimeo.