A: Not much, really.
Q: Seriously? That's the only answer you're going to give me? This is going to be a really long blog post of nothing.
A: Nah, it's just the normal stuff. My need to catch up with Poem-A-Day things and my sudden interest in writing short fiction again.
Q: Oh?
A: Yup. And my need to write in a coffee shop.
Q: Well that's something you can write about.
A: Yeah, I guess.
So in the town where I went to school, there were two coffee shops that were little independent coffee shops with the wifi and the delicious baked goods, and of course, coffee.
See, the thing is I don't drink coffee. I love the smell of it, but I can't really get myself to drink coffee. Unless it's loaded with cream, and even then I'm not necessarily going to sit down and drink an entire cup. I'm more of a tea person. But the coffee shops in the town where I went to school were perfect for writing in. My friend and I wrote a murder mystery show in one of them, and I wrote poetry and went on dates in those coffee shops. Basically, these little independent coffee shops made my heart happy. I love supporting local business, and I'm not really a fan of chain restaurants or things.
So even though I'm far away from these little coffee shops, I'm reluctant to go to Starbucks to fulfill my need to write in a coffee shop again. I used to work in a cafe, and we loathed Starbucks. For good reason. And I'm not that impressed with Starbucks mochas [because that's all I really drink that's coffee-related]. Plus [and this is the biggest deal] Starbucks is a chain. They're everywhere.
Unfortunately, small independent coffee shops are not everywhere.
This leads me to the conclusion that if I want to write in a coffee shop, I must write in a Starbucks. They're easy to find, they're everywhere, and they will feed me food and expensive coffee drinks while I write poetry or the short fiction I've been playing around with. Everything I could possibly want in life, right? Sure. Point being, this is my blog post to say that [for the moment], I am selling out and will be writing in a Starbucks. If there's any way for me to find a small coffee shop within walking/easy bus distance from my apartment in Orlando, FL, I will be going to that instead...but as of right now...Starbucks it is.
This is also an attempt to get me into a regular writing pilgrimage routine. So if possible, I can go to this Starbucks every Thursday and write until my heart's content, go home, feed myself, and feel really accomplished that I did something writing related.
I'm sure that this is all thrilling to hear, but I thought it was at least a little interesting...maybe?
"And the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss."
- J.K. Rowling
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