Here I am on the last day of April and I haven’t posted a single blog this month.  I’m disappointed beyond words.  I’ve started 3 or 4 drafts only to move them to the trash faster than an empty wine bottle for they were all crap. Today, I went to one of my favorite daily e-mail’s from Wordpress, “The Daily Post,” seeking inspiration. Today’s prompt was “Stairway.” Who in the hell can write a blog about a stairway? Certainly not I.  So, I’m here, dear reader, writing, asking, begging you for your opinion.  What would you most like me to write about?

I know at least some of you like what I’ve written so far.  Remarkably, I’ve posted 67 messages and some have been better written than others but all have come from my own gray matter with incredible editorial help from my dear wife.  Writing is for me a painful experience and rarely do words descend from my brain to my fingertips as painlessly as a daydream.  I can sit in front of a keyboard for hours playing online games hoping for a lightening bolt.

Lately, I’ve been so consumed with work, I’ve almost lost touch of my artistic side. It seems the long hours and thankless efforts are zapping from me the very best side of  my ability to put words together in fairly legible sentences. All work and no play is certainly making Charlie feel like a dull and uninteresting boy.

So, here I am begging in a way that most would consider to be abnormal for a creative person like me.  My ideas should and usually do just appear in my mind but not this month.  No.  I’m looking for your guidance.  I’m looking for you to be my muse.  To help spur an idea or a story from inside of me, would you please tell me your favorite topics you’d like me to write about?

I’m not one of those who usually asks for help but I’m really struggling here.  I can literally walk up and down my stairway seeking inspiration but all that does is make me worry I’m going to tumble and fall down and break my neck because I’m thinking about stories to tell.  I need a bold idea that only the audience who reads my stuff can give me.  For, alas, do you know what writing this blog has done to me?  I’ve become addicted to you followers and your opinion.  I think more than anything this is what is keeping me going.

I’m not looking to be the next Stephen King but I do enjoy putting together 500 – 600 words per post for your enjoyment.  I’ll bet you have an idea which can break my all time record.  If you do, I will dedicate my next post to you.

I’ll write your story idea using my words, of course, but you can take all the credit.  I’m just looking for a coach who will kick me in the pants and say, “Boy, don’t let your participles dangle!  Now, give me 50 words!”

You.  Yeah, you can do this for me.  I know you can.  Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one.  So, what’s yours?  Opinion, not ass, that is.  What would you like to read about from me.

Don’t be shy.  C’mon.  Give it all you’ve got.  I will too and together we can walk up  the literary stairway, embracing what we built.