Hello

Hello all. I decided I needed a blog so I can force the world (or at least the Internet?) to start taking me seriously as a writer. Maybe if I post enough, people will read this and wonder about me.

Here's some quick background. I've been writing since I learned how to read. Fiction and poetry are my loves, but a lot of my recent work has been in journalism. This summer I've worked as a reporter for my internship with the Roanoke Times. Look me up at www.roanoke.com.

What I'm most excited about, though, is the novel I've been writing. I started it in 2007, but this summer I am finally working on it seriously and diligently. It fits somewhere into the genres of fantasy and sci-fi, but with some unique twists, I think. I don't really want to say much about the plot just yet.

So this blog is a way for me to post updates about what I'm doing and also to motivate myself to keep on doing it. I need all the encouragement I can get.