Writer's Block

I have writer’s block. Just yesterday I had blog title block. In fact, I’ve had blog title block for the last three or four months. Well, okay, years.

I would tell myself, “If you just come up with a pithy, humorous title, the blog will flow.” See, I have these random musings in my brain. Comments my kids make that crack me up. Quirky ideas that make me chuckle. Brilliant ideas that would benefit all mankind. But how can I blog unless I have a great name? An epic title worthy of all my musings. Ha.

I have an eclectic brain. So what is an eclectic original title? All the good ones are taken. Orange is the New Black…taken. Pride and Prejudice…taken. Gone With the Wind…taken. Decided that plagiarizing from best sellers was NOT the way to go. Came up with, “Ignore me at your peril.” And frankly, I’m still smitten with that one. But since this is not an advice blog entirely, I didn’t think that would fit. Plus that’s a tough order to live up to, giving good advice all the time.

As long as I didn’t have a title, I didn’t have to be writing. See how that works? And as long as I didn’t have a title, the ideas kept coming at me. I’d start them in my head…then get back to the problem of a title. What we have here is epic procrastination. But all good procrastinators know that you eventually have to stop…so you can find something else to procrastinate about.

So last night in my sleep I came up with “It was funnier in my head.” Doesn’t my subconscious know that I was procrastinating? Betrayed. Out of excuses.

Setting up the blog was the easy part, though. Until I typed in my title. It Was Funnier in my Head…taken. Yeah well, whatever. I’m using it anyway. Until a book with that title ends up on the New York Times Bestseller list, it is fair game as far as I’m concerned. So my problem is solved.

Pithy, humorous title adopted. Now, where are all those great ideas? Blank page. Blinking cursor. I’m back in the procrastinating game. Only this time I get to call it writer’s block. This blog business isn’t as easy as it looks.