The past few months of my life have been filled with fascinating experiences that don’t come up in everyday situations. More than once I started formulating the blog post in my mind, or thought about how I could integrate a topic into a storyline for one of my books.

But then it dawned on me; these experiences involve other people that may not want to show up in my blog or my book. They may consider their lives and experiences private. They may consider their meltdowns private. They mau consider our conversations private, and the secrets they share with me, private.

As a writer, everything that crosses my path becomes brain fodder for a story or a blog. I see stories and characters in everyone and everything. Even things that seem mundane and boring, I can find a fascinating spark worth exploring in. I’m a writer, it’s what my mind does.’

So, I am writing this blog to put everyone on notice – I am a writer, and things that I experience in my life may end up in my blogs and/or stories. If I end up writing about you, it’s because I find you or the situation surrounding you fascinating. Please don’t get bent out of shape if you become a topic or part of a topic. Unless you really seem cool with the idea, I won’t use your real name or your photos in my writing, just the story / conversation / gist. Please understand and get used to the idea that, unless you specifically ask me not to, nothing is sacred and everything I experience is fair game to be used in my writing. It’s just one of the many perks of being my friend. 🙂