Confession Time

It's confession time. I'm excited to be back writing in the blog world, but I'm kinda intimidated too. For one thing, I know a lot of great people who are talented writers and have been doing the blogging thing for a while. I am in unfamiliar territory for sure!

Secondly, I'm WRITING about WRITING, and quite honestly, for the last few years I've been teaching writing instead of actually writing, so I'm a bit rusty. This makes me feel quite vulnerable. If I'm bad at it, it's kind of like being a marriage counselor with a failing marriage. Embarrassing. However, I do know that a good writer is one who continues to practice, who forms a habit of writing, and the first step is to just do it. This is why I am here.

So please, bear with me. Offer suggestions! Be gentle. I'm open to ideas (but I am a little nervous after reading some comment boxes on other blogs; harsh).

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