First Steps

I don't remember when I first decided I wanted to be an author. I think I was nine or ten, but what specifically inspired me to start is lost in the recesses of my mind. All I know for sure is that my love of writing stems from my love of reading. Be that as it may, writing has been a part of me for so long that if it were to be cut out...I don't know exactly what would be left of me. There is simply something about seeing words fall into place one after another and hearing a pen whispering across paper that stirs the soul, the way watching a sunrise or witnessing a newborn foal stand on shaking legs for the first time or galloping down the beach does.

Fiction writing is my greatest love--especially science fiction. But I enjoy nearly every genre--save mysteries, that's my mother's forte, and I am more than content to leave it to her and give her the newest novels as Christmas, birthday, and Mother's Day gifts. Unoriginal, yes, I know, but what do you give the woman who already has everything on a college students' salary? I digress.

So what do I hope to accomplish by writing this blog? At the moment it seems to be another of the crazy, spontaneous ideas that enters my head and I rush back from class, or the dining hall, or the library to hurriedly research and dive headfirst into without really considering all of the ramifications of doing so. Well, no one can ever claim that I do things by halves. Still, there are reasons for it, I suppose. Perhaps it will help me improve my always-lacking time management skills. Certainly it will give me writing practice. Maybe it's part of my subconscious looking for a new way to express itself. Or perhaps the memoirs we have been reading in my literature class have gotten the first person voice wedged in between my ears. Besides, it isn't like the idea just COMPLETELY popped into my head. It's been in the back of my mind for about year, I would guess.

So this is my first blog post. I am a bit excited, I suppose. Not sure what to expect, but that is part of the fun, no?