April 30, 2009 Mad Paper Work

This blog is so very new for me. The whole idea thrills me in every way. Imaging piles of stories in folders in a file cabinet, lots of essays on Mom's Folder and My Documents in my computer, a whole drawer of what I call "letters" that are things I have heard from the Lord. Then there are notes everywhere. When I go to a meeting, I take notes. When I read a book, even a novel, something hits me and I have to get a quote. I have a stuffed envelope just with quotes from books I've read, movies, and a few radio shows. It's a paper mad house. But I do go through them periodically. I'm very organized. I love the Don Aslett books on decluttering. I just finished one, Clutter's Last Stand, the second edition. It helped me to give away six bags of stuff I don't use. So now, with this blog, I have a place to share my writings. It's been my dream for so long. I wanted to be published, but then the dream turned to just wanting to be read. I have given my writings away to people at restaurants, at a garage sale and things like that, plus I did try earlier in my "career" to publish my stories and a novel. I have a folder with over fifty rejection notices. Some of the editors sent me nice comments. So I am ready to go. My first essay will be appearing here soon, as soon as I can figure out how to move things around. Really, before this, I've only used Word on the computer, and I did do some emails. So have patience and we'll get there together. Nancy