Hey All!

I’ve been taking a break from social media for a while and I have plenty of good reasons for it. However, that doesn’t excuse the gross neglect that I’ve shown for this space.

My original purpose for the newsletter is to use it in the same way as any aspiring author would: updates, sneak peeks, life events, maybe some tips or something. And while that’s still in the plan, I also don’t want to do more than I’m capable of and I honestly don’t think can do more than twice a month.

I know I’ve mentioned it on my channel before, but I have this genetic disorder that wreaks havoc on my life and I often feel incredibly guilty for it.

Why can’t I do the same thing as them? I know I have the ideas, I know I have the time. But a lot of that time is also swallowed up in my kids, my garden, the writing of the thing, and any other time I’m so exhausted that I can’t even think straight. I just don’t have the stamina yet to do it all consistently, and it’s always been a source or internal turmoil.

I’ve thought a lot about it in the past few months and while I’ve had a million goals and ideas run through my mind, my main goal now is to take writing back. I’m taking it back for me, and for every other person who wants to do this, but feels so overwhelmed by the mere thought that I’ll have to market the dang thing.

I want writing to be fun again. I want storytelling to be a joy for me and the people around me. The people I care about, and the people who care about me. I want to return myself to the time I was in high school, writing stupid AFI fanfiction and swapping it with my besties because- dang it, it was fun.

I want to return to the little girl who would sit in the treetops, neglecting her homework because the world in my head held so much more delight than the math problems on my desk.

I just want to share again without the anxiety that nobody will like it, or fearing the next steps so much that I can’t even make it through a draft without having an existential crises.

I started this letter not really knowing where I was going. Lucky for me, writing has always been the way that I understand the world and make decisions, because I’ve decided now to share something with you.

I have a story I’ve been working on in conjunction with Project Vampire. Actually I’ve been working on the world it’s in for about ten years now. Because of how big the scope of the world has become, I’m afraid it may never see the light of day. BUT I want it to. At least for a few people around me.

It still needs heavy revisions, so I’m going to take care of that in the process of sharing, but I hope that over the next few months, while I share, you’ll treat it like something you love that your best friend did.

And I’ll probably throw in some of the other stuff along the way.

Stay tuned!

Thanks for being here and until next time, keep writing forward!