New Attitude...

Well, since the last time I posted, some things have shifted a bit. Most of those "things" were my excuses. I was really letting them pile up, and it was time to clean house and move some positive thoughts AND ACTIONS into their place.

Writing is a solitary activity, and I don't really mind that. However, I think I got into my head that I should be Miss Independent and try and figure how to get to the next step all on my own. I'm always willing to help out other people interested in writing when they ask; I finally realized that there were people out there willing to help me too!

So, in the spirit of keeping the encouragment going full circle, I've started another blog. It's called Excuse Editor . I really look forward to helping others as I continue on this writing journey. Stop by and let me know what you think!

Lonely Little Blog

The good news is, I've been writing! The bad news, not on this blog!

The whole purpose of this blog was to:

1. Keep me writing.
2. Have a place to discuss my process of writing, including talking about the books I read that keep me curious about the process.
3. Update the places where my writing can be found.

Well, I've succeeded on #1, I'm writing. But by the time I'm done writing and editing a piece to submit somewhere, I'm moving on or getting away from the computer.

For #2, I could do more meta-writing (writing about writing). I actually have a few things in the works along those lines that may end up on my helium site. Until then, I'll make a little more of an effort to get some thoughts down in here.

And #3, well, that's pretty current, too. The only for sure thing besides helium is the my tale of substitute teaching woe coming up in My First Year in the Classroom. It's still about a month away.

Now, to be fair, I have a good amount of travelling coming up in the next few weeks. I may not be writing much about anything! Instead, I'll be living life-- all so I can get even more material --two long distance road trips: one with 2 "tween-agers" in the backseat, and one for a big family get together/wedding/everyone meeting the love of my life for the first time-- if that's not living drama, I don't know what is!

So there! I've blogged! Little blog should feel less lonely now...