Welcome to the world of Guy From CNY, your one stop shop for information that you will never need and ideas you’ve already had. I’m just getting started with what, I hope, will be a long and fruitful diversion from the problems of the real world. I hope you will come along for the ride.
I used to write comedy. A lot of it. Some of it was even funny. A solid 30 percent anyway. I’ve written and performed, to some small degree for television, radio and stage. To be fair, the TV stuff was about as small scale as you can get, so it may not, strictly, count but, as full disclosure does not seem to be necessary in the current climate, I’m gonna pretend I was a huge star. Someday, maybe, I’ll post some of that stuff but my intent here is to create something new.
I don’t write anymore, and I haven’t in a while. I miss it. That’s what this is really about, I guess. I’ve got three failed novels hanging out on various hard drives, a few scripts that have ended in cul-de-sacs of endless repetition, none of which I can bring myself to resurrect. Basically, I haven’t had a lot to say, in a long time. I’d like to blame it all on writer’s block but, probably, I’m just lazy. Writing a novel takes a lot of time, despite the quality of some of them you may have read. If you put in the work and finish one, how are you gonna get anyone to read it? It’s a lot of work for something no one will ever see. Trust me. And I have a day job, and a mortgage. Plus, I’m kind of old, which never helps.
So I may not have a surplus of motivation, but I do, occasionally, have ideas. The kind that don’t require, you know, that much time to flesh out. And I suddenly find I have a lot of things I want to talk about. So, while I wait for the bigger inspirations, I’m gonna start with the basics, and try to remember the joy I used to find in writing. I hope you’ll find some joy here too. Maybe some laughs as well. Hope springs eternal. It has to when you live in the snowiest city in America. (Again, that may not be, strictly, true but I’m going to swear by it anyway.)
More to come.
-The Guy