By Julie Seedorf

I read an article by Stephanie Ostroff on the blog, The Writers Circle,  on strange writing rituals of five famous authors. She highlighted the rituals of Maya Angelou, James Joyce, Truman Capote, Ernest Hemingway and Joan Didion. As I read their rituals I decided maybe I should have a strange writing ritual, after all, they are famous authors and being a famous author might be a good goal for me. Perhaps I can become famous because I develop a strange writing ritual. I might not be famous for my work but for my writing ritual.

I get distracted easily. I do not have a writing ritual right now. I have been testing the waters because I need to be more prolific but I haven’t  found the right formula yet for my writing. I love sitting at coffee houses and writing and sipping coffee. Isn’t that the picture many people…