J.J. Goodman: Writings, Musings and More

What do you write when you should be writing one thing but you can't think of what to write for that thing so you write something for something else you're writing?   (Um… didn't sleep well last night, huh?)   Not really. So here's my conundrum: I should be writing. I have at least three manuscripts in varying states of completion, including Sabine , but I cannot find the energy or inspiration to work on them. I don't know why I've been so unable to focus. It's not like I'm not writing; to the contrary. I'm in the process of writing (what I think is) a pretty cool story.   (Well, keep working on that, and share with us!)   See that's the thing – I can't share it here.   (You're writing a dirty book again. Gotcha.)   What? No! Good grief. Get your mind out of the gutter.   (Oh, okay. Sorry. *wink wink*)     I'm serious! I am not writing another dirty book. And the other...

So here we are, just a scant five days into 2016, and I already can't even. (Can't even what? WAIT! Never mind! Forget I asked!) I'm glad you asked. I'll tell you. (Sonofabastich. Walked right into that one.) Yes, yes you did. So 2016 is already rife with stupid. I know, shocker. Let me put it this way… Have you ever looked at someone after they told you something so stupid and your immediate reaction is to exclaim "f*cking duh" and smack your forehead? (OMG, all the time.) Well, this morning's first F*cking Duh Award goes to a woman who was shocked and outraged that Instagram shared photos that she posted of her children! And the Today Show thought this was somehow newsworthy (earning the program a runner up Duh Award….) Yes, this woman posted photos of her children and then took the media to express her outrage! Her horror! The atrocity that this website did… MORE OR LESS   EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS IT WILL DO IN ITS PRIVACY ...