To Write or Not to Write?

That is the question.  I can read with the best of them, but write?  That is a much more daunting task.  What to write about?  So why begin a blog you ask?  Bear with me and I will explain....

As early as I can remember, I have loved reading. Since my dad first began his nightly ritual of reading to me, I guess.  I read several of the classics before I ever got to junior high.  How many 7th graders do you know whose favorite author is Edgar Allen Poe?  I started writing in highschool.  Albeit, most of the writing I did was notes to classmates and letters to friends, there was the occasional song lyrics or poem.  I even attempted a story based off of a dream I had one night.  I went on to take several writing and journalism courses in college and wrote for the yearbook staff.  And somehow from there the writing stopped.  I got out on my own and got too busy partying and learning about life and although I kept an occasional journal, nothing very constant.  I did continue to read though.  Although the subject matter changed drastically.  I spent most of my time reading complete & utter fiction:  romance novels and later fantasy/horror & mystery novels.  These were (and still are) my get away from the every day chores and trials that beset me.  Somewhere along the way, after hundreds of dollars spent on paperbacks, I thought - I can write this stuff... and then set out to read several books on writing.  I even took an online class.  But everything comes down to this: To be a writer, you must write.  Simple, huh?  But suddenly I couldn't come up with a good storyline.  Everything seemed lame or done already.  So again, I gave up, but in the back of my mind I still want to write.  I finally created this blog to start writing.  I don't know what I will find to say or who will be crazy enought to read it, but I will make it a priority to write often if not daily and maybe along the way I will be inspired.