Once Upon A Time . . .

Hello readers!! I hope you had a very Merry Christmas! Like any Christmas in the "real world" of work (as opposed to school), mine was far too short, and it's back to work today. Not a very inspiring thought :-).

So, as you can tell, this blog is no longer under construction, but is now beautifully completed by my friend Rachel and ready to go! I've been writing a lot lately--seems as though just creating this blog has inspired creativity in me . . . either that or fear, since now I'm publicly putting myself out there!

The plan is to get started "for real" next week, when the New Year begins. I'm afraid my brain is still a little sluggish from all the festivities (translation: complete and utter overindulgence!). That said, I will get started with the weekly Haiku this week in order to kick things off and ease into it a bit. I'm so excited to start this "experiment" of sorts--I can already tell it's going to be fun (and challenging!).

And before I begin in earnest, I'd like to offer a word of caution. Writer Joan Didion said that "writers are always selling somebody out." While I will of course do my best to limit the truth of this statement, there certainly is a lot of truth in those words! The best inspiration you have as a writer comes from the people you've known, the places you've been, and the experiences you've had. Like any writer, I'll be drawing on my experiences, but characters and events are nearly always a combination of various people and circumstances. To me, that's the beauty of writing--people can be whomever you will them to be, and events can happen however you will them to happen. You're not bound by reality in any form or fashion, and the control freak in me loves this fact.

So, I beseech you--if you think you've shown up in one of these stories, please know that it's not personal, and always remember that this is fiction. I'm not writing my memoir! Indeed, perhaps it's a compliment that you inspired me to the point of putting pen to paper.

Even so--caveat lector :-).