Becoming a Writer

        In 4th grade I knew I wanted to be a published author someday.  I wrote all the time.  Stories danced through my mind and demanded to be given life.  So many stories were started but finishing was always the challenge.  I did successfully finish and produce several stage plays for actors and puppets.  Sadly I never finished a novel length book... until now!

        On my 33rd birthday I set a goal for myself.  By my 35th birthday I would write a completed manuscript for a full length novel.  As I struggled through the first few chapters of the story that was calling to me, I despaired of actually reaching to goal of a final first draft, much less a fully revised and completed manuscript.  Little did I know that I would find the NaNoWriMo challenge.  Days before November 1st 2009 I learned of this National Novel Writing Month challenge which had helped so many reach their goal of writing a novel.  Needless to say, writing a novel is nothing like writing a story for a creative writing class.  You have to let go.  Thanks to learning this from NaNoWriMo I now have... TWO NOVELS!

        Two months from my 35th birthday both books are in revisions.  The first book is so close to finished that I will work hard to have it revised once through for my birthday.  The second one's characters have already shown me the second two books in the series!

        So now, with two novels on their way to finished, I am leaping into the scary world of getting a book published.  Here you will find my news as I become a writer and my musings about the process and writing itself.  I may even share how I juggle life as a mother, artist, writer and person if it will help others reach their dreams too.  This is the amazing world of being a writer!

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