What I write tends to fall into two categories: middle grade/young adult fiction and what I call essays (for lack of a better term). The former, I think, stems from being an avid reader since childhood. Though I read a variety of things my preference is for fiction and I gravitate towards young adult fiction. Since that is what I like to read that is what I think of to write. The latter originates in my 10th grade English class. We did a section on giving speeches and our teacher was strict. She counted uhs, ums, and fidgets. I hated it! It made me so nervous my hands shook. But somehow, through learning how to do it well, I discovered I liked giving speeches (Thanks, Mrs. Dreiling!) In college I studied pastoral ministry in which I did sermons. I greatly enjoyed adding the aspect of scriptural application to giving speeches. But in college I also learned that the ministry I was called to wasn't pastoral (sermons I could do, administration not so much) but perhaps writing.
Some of my fiction work I am looking into getting published, but now that I am not in school I have no venue for speech-type essay ideas. And they are often things I would like to share and talk about, but am not sure how to slip them into conversations. So this blog is A Place to put things where people can read and comment if they want. It is A Place for me to share whatever - thoughts, opinions, ideas, flights of fancy. Honestly, I don't even know what to expect, but I hope someone (or several someones) will find it interesting enough to come talk with me :)
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