Don’t be fooled by the title. Today doesn’t actually have anything to do with sticks of minty chewing gum, or the straight man’s universal fantasy of a menage a trois with twins. No, today actually turned out to be an anniversary for two things in terms of my literary history.

First up, even though I kept an online journal from late 1999-2001 on one of my old sites, my first “blog” was today one year ago. Read it here. I find this amusing now, because I certainly never expected to still be blogging after a year. But even if you don’t have a definitive purpose for your blog, it’s good exercise for the writing mind and typing fingers, so I’ve stuck with it.

Then, not to take away anything from my little blogoverse, but the more important thing that happened today was I finished the first draft of my novel The Art of Getting Bent on 3/03/03. It seems like eons ago and I remember the elation I had that night, that sense of accomplishment. If only I knew of the atomic minefield of agents, editors, publishers and distributors that awaited me after that. But I’m still proud of reaching that day, even if things didn’t stick to the dream. Or anywhere close. But that’s cool. You have to get toughened up by experience somehow.

So now, for the sake of numerology, or really just because it makes for interesting life retrospectives, I’m planning to complete my 2nd novel (which I’m working on currently) by June 6, 2006. No, it has nothing to do with my religious preferences or lack thereof. Just a cool number for an anniversary… provided I keep to my word count! We’ll see.