June 3, 2010
A big THANK YOU to all of you wonderful folks out in bloggerville who follow and read my blog!
Seriously, I’ve been thrilled to receive so much feedback and advice regarding my various posts lately – I couldn’t be happier to find so many new friends among my followers and to hear so many different points of view. What a treat it is to log on each day and see what all of you are up to!
That being said, as I’ve been sifting through the MANY blogs I follow, I’ve been intrigued by all the diversity among us – the many backgrounds, locations and occupations that have led us all down the same path: writing. It doesn’t matter if we hail from the US, Australia, England, or Canada; it doesn’t matter if we are math teachers, stay at home moms, social workers, or engineers – we all find ourselves sitting in front of a computer screen creating people and situations that seem so real we can hardly type fast enough.
I can still remember my favorite book series growing up. It was The Trixie Belden Book Series. I read it as a pre-teen and adored it so much that I set out to write the next book of the set right then and there at age 11. Although that didn’t work out quite as I had hoped (wink, wink), it did inspire a love of writing and creating that I never lost. I wrote my first novella in 8th grade (which left my teacher speechless wondering what type of Catholic School values she had instilled) and continued with short stories through high school and college. I took every writing class I could get my hands on whether it was business writing, creative writing, or journalism…it didn’t matter so long as I was WRITING. I have kept every piece ever written and enjoy looking back at them from time to time if only to see evidence of my growth as a writer.
Remembering my own beginnings has left me to wonder: how did each of you first know that you were destined to be a writer…when did you first discover your passion?