Sarahendipity

I've just followed my friend Sarah to Blogspot, seeking communion with her creativity and perhaps light a fire under the arse of my muse. Sarah has one thing I don't: Optimism and, as one of her friends put it, effervescence. I'm hoping it's contagious. Sarah's a wonderful writer, something I discovered when we worked together at a magazine some years ago. I'm motivated by her energy to get past my self-serving doubts and indecision. There was a line from "Wonder Boys" where Michael Douglas' grad student provides him with a diagnosis: "You once told us that writers make decisions. You're not making any decisions." Like Sarah, bless young insight.