I've just sat down at my local library to write about some of our recent fishing trips and I encountered a problem I've had all year, writer's block. I've tried exercises varying from free writing to forcing myself into 1000 words to switching up where I write. Needless to say, not much of it has worked. They say (who are they anyway?) that this condition can last a few weeks to a few years. I'd like to think I'm still in a curable stage and can recover without too much treatment. I put a bit of effort into some technical 'how-to' writing, but what can I teach you that you don't already know? I'm stuck with the metaphorical gibberish.

Side note: take some time to read the latest Casting Across Blog Post.

You see, there is truly nothing you can learn from me. I'm not a guide, nor an instructor. I don't compete or speak publicly on crucial issues. Here's what I hope to be, a storyteller. I hope to bring you back to place you've been before, remind you of a fish you'd accidentally forgotten, or make you laugh at our similar misfortunes.

They say (here we go with 'they' again) that you're only to write about what you know, but honestly, I know very little. So, here's a new thought, write towards what you want to know.

Hopefully, this changing of the seasons will bring with it a diversity of adventures, places, and activities we've never tried before. And perhaps, if I'm lucky, the cure to this danged ole' writer's block!

In the meantime, enjoy these autumn views!