Welcome!

Happy New Year and welcome! I thought I’d have my first post on this blog be a “here’s how it’s all going to work/intro” post to get us all accustomed to the new digs. And because I’m inviting just about everyone I know to come and take a look over here, I thought it would be good to have at a least a little something for you all to look at.

So. Here’s how it’s all going to work. At least for this week. This is all subject to change based on, well, just about anything. But for now? Here’s the plan…I’ll do an intro post at the beginning of every week to sort of introduce my inspiration for the week, or possibly do a bit of rundown from the previous week’s story. Then I’ll post the story as soon as it’s done, but no later than the end of each week (and seeing as that the first of the year is a Friday, the end of the week will be Thursday).

What’s your role in all of this? Just two little measly things really. Keep coming back and give me your honest thoughts and feedback on my stories. Easy right? You can do it, I know you can.

So, without further ado, a little something about the idea swirling in my head for this kick-off story. I read a newspaper article not too long ago about The Secret Santa of Kansas City. Apparently there was this regular guy who had spent the last 30 or so years showing up unexpectedly throughout the year, but especially at Christmas, to give people money. Always in cash, always when they needed it the most and always anonymously. I’ve been thinking about this guy since I read the article and it got me to thinking about what it must be like to have one piece of your life, the piece that you were totally in love with, be completely anonymous. What happened in the early days when he got carded at the liquor store? How did he pull it off if his neighbor, who had been looking at his face for years, was the one who was in dire need? There are so many elements of anonymity that pose problems that it’s had me thinking about this character for some time now.

Now the work begins. The mining for the character and the story that resides within him. I’ll see you at the end of the week and we’ll see how fruitful I’ve been.