Some fun stuff...

I was wandering the world of YouTube - one of my favorite places - and found this YouTube post by Jackson Pearce about finding the time to write. Aside from the humor of her video blog piece, she also has some good, sound advice to share.

Finally writing

I'm working on the 2nd draft of the novel tonight - must squeeze the work in any way I can!

Now a little inspiration for the writers out there - a little writer's prompt:

Put your character in front of a door. Write about the door and what is waiting on the other side of that door. Let your imagination do the rest

Keep writing everyone!

Frustrated writer ... frustrated student ....

This is the busiest time of the semester. I have a paper to write and a PowerPoint presentation to do for one class and begin researching and writing a paper for another class. I won't have any time today to work on my novel revisions. Very frustrating...

Then I went in search of something to post to inspire writers out there and ended up being inspired myself! I found a short YouTube video posted by William Kenower called Inspiring Authors. It was so inspiring, that I plan to work on the revisions of the novel tonight after I finish doing the homework above.

An Introduction

This is just a very short post to say hello and introduce myself. I am a registered nurse working full time and pursuing a masters in writing. I didn't set out to pursue the masters to learn to write - I already have more than a clue on that - I want to teach writing. The masters will help to refine my writing and help me toward my goal of teaching.

I have completed one novel and am in the second draft phase right now. Unfortunately, school, family and work do have a major impact on the amount of time that I can devote to writing (not so much the family though, they are very understanding of the time it takes). I see life in semesters now - I will be finished with school in three semesters and hope to see my novel in the hands of an agent by then also.

Wish me luck!