Check out my writing prompts page on the right to read them. Hope you like. :)

"There's nothing to writing all you do is set down at a typewriter and open a vein."

 -- Unknown 

"I do not like to write... I like to have written."

-- Unknown

Stare to stare we watch
Elated concentration
Soul to soul we touch

© 2010 Jennifer L. Brooks

A writer is…
             A saint and sinner.
A writer is…
             A loser and a winner.
A writer is…
             A troubled mind.
A writer is…
             Never blind.
A writer is…
             A body in pain.
A writer is…
             A mind insane!
A writer is…
             Love and hate.
A writer is…
             Is give and take.
A writer is…
             Full of heartbreak…
A writer is…
             What they make.
A writer is…
             Full of bait.
A writer is…
             An angel of grace.
A writer is…
             A tired face.
A writer is…
             A demon within!
A writer is…
             A soul with a pen.
A writer is…
             Everything.
A writer is…
             Nothing at all.
A writer is…
             Able to lift you up.
A writer is…
             Able to make you fall.
A writer is…
             Uncensored!
A writer is…
             Raw!
A writer is capable of anything, anything at all.

© 2010 Jennifer L. Brooks

You can avoid the mantra of “A writer is…” or not, some people prefer it some don’t.
I wrote this because of everything that a writer is or capable of being. A writer can control your mind, your world with simple words if you’ll allow them. A writer can spend all their life as a simple John or Jane and never see their hard work reach fame. Some writers luck up and have their time in the spotlight. The point is not everyone can be a writer or should I say a successful writer at that but a writer can be anyone and you can compare a successful writer to a closet writer but they all seem to have the same things in common, when it comes to mind, body and soul, the biggest difference is who is published and who is not.

Trying to get my blog going (it will mostly be my writing and about writing) poetry, short stories, vents, blurbs, quotes and thoughts here and there so I'll be spamming it with new and old writing for a while. I hope you enjoy. :) Just a little background on me. I began writing at the age of 12 as a form of therapy, (I have suffered from anxiety, depression and insomnia all my life and went though some very dark times) hence the “Spill Ink Not Blood” url. I would like to make people realize that there are other ways of dealing with the pain that life can sometimes bring upon them. Reach for a pen, not a knife, pills or alcohol the next time you feel life is getting the best of you and see what you can create. If you find writing isn’t your thing then by all means try something else that will ease the hurt and fill the emptiness in you. As a teenager I wrote several screenplays but I doubt I will ever let any of them see the light of day, I prefer writing poetry and novels anyway. I don't always follow the "rules" of writing, especially when it comes to poetry. When I write a poem I usually do it in several minutes (just raw emotion spills on the page) I don't contemplate every single word, the rhyme scheme etc. as much as I probably should, if I did my poetry would probably be a lot better but I'm full of passion and my thoughts and feelings tend to burst out. I don't think about what I'm writing, I FEEL it. I'm EMOTIVE!