Getting Started

So, I've decided that since I can't take the writing class I'd really like to take (I'm a new mom), but I'm itching to have an outlet for my writing, this would be a good place to come.  I figure I'll be able to organize my thoughts better, and keep track of the things I'm writing, rather than having scraps of paper with poem scribbles in random places around the apartment.

I'm not sure yet how this blog will unfold... I'll probably post random thoughts/daily activities mostly, in hopes that they might inspire something more eventually. In highschool I took a Writer's Craft class that emphasized the importance of just writing all the time - an "if you write it, it will come" sort of thinking. So I hope that in "just writing" I'll find myself coming up with things a little more meaningful: poetry, political musings... we'll have to see!

Sticking with things isn't a particular strength of mine (I tend to get lazy and distracted pretty easily), so I'd like to make a goal that for 2 weeks, I will post something - with words, picture galleries are for Facebook - everyday. I figure that's long enough to get used to this process of writing again, and also to get used to the daily commitment to something a little bigger than a trip outdoors with my son.

I warn you, my posts will undoubtedly be mommy/baby slanted. Hey, that's my life right now! But if I can manage to get some creative satisfaction from that, well then, I'll stick with it and try to get over any guilt about not being more interesting. :)

Wish me luck! 

Katelyn