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And so it begins….

Hello to my future fans.  Hold me accountable here!

My name is irrelevant.  I am in my mid-late 20s, and have done all most of the things I’m “supposed” to do, and to be honest, certain choices haven’t made me happy professionally.  There was no revelation that’s pushed me down this route, just a multitude of things over the past year- running into my old classmate Claire Zulkey at our reunion  and being insanely jealous that she’s a published writer and I’m a desk jockey.  Getting engaged.  The possibility of relocating over the next year or two with my fiance, which would necessitate my finding a new job in the new city.    All of these things make me reflect on my life up to this point.

See, the thing is, in the pursuit of maximizing the moneymaking potential of my overacheiving brain, I betrayed my real self and kind of forgot about it – what I’ve wanted to do since I was a little girl was publish a novel.  I took one English class in college (disaster, I hadn’t learned to type yet and the professor was obsessed with finding lesbian imagery in mother-freakin’ everything like envelopes) but I am still decent at this.  I hope.

I got the inspiration a few months ago to start writing a chick lit novel, and finally, I’ve sat down and started writing.  I have about 20 pages.  I have issues with plot and dialogue, but got some reference books with my Christmas money to work it out.  I am reading the first – See Jane Write – right now.  I really want to make this happen.  Wish me luck.