Neglected :(

I have been so good a blogging for some time now and unfortunately it has waned considerably. I have noticed it is falling trend in general but there is some change in the air and I need to evaluate how this will pan out here in the blogging universe.
They probably changed this window I am blogging in a while ago and I am just now noticing.

So here is what is happening. I am writing but not so much here of course. If you never knew my deep dark secret in life, it is that I desperately want to be considered a writer and do that full-time. But I am full of excuses and great at distracting myself when I do have time. But I am still writing. I am writing a novel at the moment and this is actually my second. My first novel I don't consider completed even though I did get to where it was suppose to end and decided to go on. Then I felt like I was trudging through mud with it and had to stop. But I also was inspired to write what I am writing now. I was really excited about it and needed a break from the other one. That one was pretty dark in some ways and the ending was not what I wanted to write. So it has been resting for maybe 2 years now. That one is considered contemporary young adult.

The one I am working on now is fantasy and unlike anything I thought I would ever write about. It is a long story and so big I don't know if it really will be worth it in the end except I am really enjoying the process.

Then I really stepped out of my comfort zone and joined a writing forum. I put my stuff out there for critique. And was disappointed in what I discovered at first. Then I processed the feedback and worked it into my old lady brain (that is what it feels like now) and tried even harder. I have some lack in my grammar skills and need to tell less and show more. But it is coming. All the little tips have strengthened what I am doing and I can totally see the difference. Then I look back at my first novel and I said "oh, gross." There is a lot of work there but that is a part of the process as well.

So what is in store for me now: I am about to start NaNoWriMo. It stands for National Novel Writing Month and it usually takes place in November. I would say it is nationwide but there are people I have buddied on there from England. So I am excited. You are suppose to write a novel from the start and write 50,000 words by the end of the month. I will be considered a NaNo rebel because I am going to work on something I have already started. I wasn't sure I could do 50,000 words in a month but what I have been writing off and on the past few weeks, paying attention to word count, I am not so worried anymore.

So that is what I will be up to. I want to start building more of a writing presence on the internet possibly here on this blog or I will start a new one just for writing. I actually submitted a personal essay to a publication. I haven't heard back yet but it is start no matter what the response is.

So outside of this endeavor, life still is trying to run me over like always. Kylee in Marching band-ends this weekend. Autumn was in volleyball and tries out for basketball tomorrow. Hannah is playing 5th grade basketball, choir, honor choir already started and yes, this is the age the busy really starts. Cars keep breaking down, but Lee Joe is home!
Hopefully I can find my sense of humor again and try to find the humor in my family's escapades.

Dishwasher update-still using the commercial stuff. Did more research when things were still coming out cloudy and I think the key now is using stuff with citric acid in it. I use the commercial stuff with some lemon shine and dab of dishsoap and I am really quite happy with the results.

Hopefully soon I can share some of what I am writing, but the fact that I shared that I am writing in the first place, is huge.