"I once read somewhere that, out of all the people who set out to make it as a published author, only 3 in 1000 ever actually make it. And of those people who make it, only 1 in 10 earn enough to call it a living.

It's a good thing I never much cared for math, otherwise those numbers would be daunting.

To me, those numbers are just a bit too quantifiable. Too numerical, too statistic. Sure, the odds will never be in my favor, even without the numbers being pushed in my face. I know that.

I just don't find myself caring.

I want this to be me; to be called an author. I want to write stories for people to get lost in, so they might find the happiness and joy that they could be denied on a daily basis. I want people to feel the pain of my writings, to sympathize when a character is having a bad day, to know what that feels like, and find themselves thinking to themselves, "I know what you mean." I want to not just create a story. I want to create peoples and worlds and happiness and sorrow, so that all these things could blend together to create that little thing we humans take for granted.

Life.

I want to create life. Is it arrogant of me to want to play God? Probably. But that has never stopped men before me from trying, and succeeding. We humans are ambitious creatures, and we will never stop reaching for the top; striving for perfection.

And when push comes to shove, us people have a tendency to do great things. Especially from small beginnings." -- ThatBlueScreenGuy

Hey. I'm ThatBlueScreenGuy. Call me Blue, if you like. I am but a humble writer who wishes to go somewhere with his works, yet is struck by so much laziness and procrastination that I doubt much will get done. Still, though. I've written a few pieces that I've shared among some people, and have been told that I've got promise. So, if it is your pleasure, stick around and see what I've got to offer. You might just see something you like...

Quotes to live by (or to say to your friends to seem smart)

"The only zen you're going to find on the top of a mountain is the zen you bring up there." --Unknown

"And just what is the fun in being normal anyway? Mediocrity is a terrible thing." --ThatBlueScreenGuy

"Sleep is God. Go worship." --Butters, in the book Death Masks

"Don't go around saying that the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first." --Mark Twain

"Age is always advancing and I'm fairly sure it's up to no good." --Harry Dresden, in the book White Night

"Friends help you move, real friends help you move bodies." --Unknown

"I like to think that 'Impossible' is simply the word people use for that which has yet to be done." --ThatBlueScreenGuy

"You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else." --Albert Einstein

"There are things you can't walk away from. Not if you want to live with yourself afterwards." --Harry Dresden, in the book Death Mask