Strike that, reverse it...

I feel like I should clear up something I said earlier, regarding my book and my writing not being about me per se. The way I put it, it sounded as though I was planning on driving around the country and writing only about everyone else and leaving myself out of the stories. Well, that is a possibility, but that would make the book more of a compiliation than a travel narrative. And that's not what I'm going for. Truth be told, I am going to have to be an active part of the story, because I'm the one seeing and telling.

I'm actually reading a book right now called "Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman" by Alice Steinbach, and it's... okay. Not the mind-blowing inspiration I thought it would be, because in Chapter 4, the author is STILL going on and on about herself. No other characters have been introduced and that is really, really boring. Granted, I suppose it is meant to turn the eye inward, and that's fine, but reading it just reaffirms my conviction that my book will be a very different animal.

I will not be The Sole Character. Will I be a part of it, well, yeah. Naturally. But I'd rather be a thread that is woven in and out of the story, not the main focus. It's like when people compare America to a rich and vibrant tapestry. I am a part of that tapestry, but I do not comprise the whole, nor does anyone else. So it's not "My America". It should be more like "Our America".