I’m headed out to the Harry Potter Library at University of Washington today. I’ve written there before, but today is merely a tour. I’m taking the two older boys through the campus with my partner. Maybe it inspires them a little. Inspiration is a curious thing. I need new and different forms of inspiration in order to write new and different things. I try very hard to separate myself from the sameness of my daily life, because that is woefully uninspiring. This summer living has helped quite a bit, and if you ask my partner, I am better here. But what is going to carry me when we get back to the 113+ desert?
Some Thoughts:
- I must be missing football, because I am talking about it day in and day out…
- Still sad the youngest isn’t playing ball in the fall–largely because it has become such a part of our fall routine.
- While I am on the subject, I find it interesting that Madden suddenly figured out how to update franchise mode to something fun and playable just as they are prepping the NCAA game. The changes and features seem to be tailor made to slide into that game as well, which makes me think that they straight up stole.
- Which makes me think that maybe there are quite a few people in industries that are burned out and just waiting for someone to come along with an idea they can copy and tweak just a bit to make it their own.
- Which makes me think that a lot of the fiction out there is likely that as well…