Well, I spent the weekend reediting my work. That’s why this is coming out so late in the night. That, and I’m the type of person that gets an idea in his head and can’t really focus on anything else but that till the idea is fully flushed out. I know it might sound strange to some of you, but for those of you who are creative, you’ll probably understand.

That’s why I thought I’d share where I get my ideas from. The answer is everywhere and nowhere. I know that is a cryptic answer, but it’s the truth. An idea can just pop into my head, or I’ll be scrolling through Twitter and see something, listen to a song, see something on a show and I’ll rewrite it in my head.

Sometimes ideas, like this one I’m working out, can be a combination. I love the music from Six: The musical. Then I was scrolling through Twitter and came across a post that was a challenge, but wasn’t, about four adult film actors. My mind somehow linked the four actors with Six: The musical. Now, I’m trying to lay out that story line.  Once it’s done, I’ll be submitting it to be made. Trust me, it’ll be hot.

The thing I’m trying to explain is that there is no one set thing that can inspire me. I see stories everywhere. Some are worth exploring, others not so much. I’ve written some things that I’d be embarrassed to post, but I had to write them just to get the story out of my head. Other things I’ve written have been done just to get a laugh or be cute. Then there are things I’ve written to just vent or share my feelings about certain things or empower others.

Ideas pop in my head so randomly that I have a word document on my phone that I use to keep track of them. It was a piece of advice I got from an adult film actor on Twitter. He said that if he gets an idea, he immediately writes it down on any scrap of paper he could find. Well, I’m more electronic so that scrap of paper is my phone. Come on, when are we ever without our phones?

I know people think I’m addicted to my phone when they see me on my phone typing away. They probably think I’m addicted to social media or a dating app. I’m not. I’m addicted to writing. It’s my love and I’ve come up with some creative ways to write in just about every place I can, and I love sharing my work.

I used to tell people my hobby was writing. People would ask if I was an author, and I’d tell them no. Then one day I was telling someone (hook up. No shame in my game.) that I like to write and he asked if I posted anywhere. I told him some of the sites I was posting on, and he knew my story, well stories. I was one of his favorite writers. That started happening over and over again when I told people I write. Not all of them were hook ups.

I so got off track with this, but we’re going with it. I embraced people calling me a writer. When I did that, writing wasn’t a hobby I did in my spare time, it was something I did every moment I had free. It became the first thing I thought about in the morning and the last thing I thought about at night. That last part makes it hard to fall asleep. TRUST ME.

As I said in my first What Had Happened Was…, I saw an opportunity. I second guessed myself, while my friends told me to go for it. It was well outside my comfort zone for writing, but what did I really have to lose? They tell me no? I was so scared of rejection, I wasn’t willing to put myself out there. I sat myself down and I told myself that this was just like one of my personal writing challenges.

I took a chance and “auditioned” for the writing position. I got it. They loved what I wrote. They even asked me to write a full length movie for them. Fingers crossed on that one, because I was more about the story than the sex. Apparently I put too many scenes in an adult film story, but hey, more scenes more sex, right? Those actors would leave the movie so drained that the next time that they orgasmed the only thing that would come out their cocks would be a little flag that say “bang.”

Wow, I went from sharing where I get my ideas to telling people to take a risk, put yourself out there to asking you to keep your fingers crossed that my full length adult film gets made. Yeah, that sounds about right for the randomness of my thoughts. If you think that’s scary, you should have a sit down conversation with me. You’ll learn everything and nothing about me all at the same time.

If I can tell you do anything, don’t be afraid to share your gifts and don’t be afraid to be proud of them. Yeah, there’s plenty of people out there that will try to discount you because that’s the only way they can feel better about themselves, but don’t let them get to you. Take chances, put yourself out there. Here’s a quote that has really inspired me to keep on and I’ll be done.

All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by the night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.

T. E. Lawrence.

Okay, I wasn’t done. Be a dangerous person.