Catching Up

I won't make any excuses for why it's been so long since I've added anything to this blog, but I will tell you why. Basically, what I've had to say lately has been directly related to my pregnancy, so I've been blogging on my Myspace page about that. I promised myself I wouldn't use this one for that kind of talk, so it's been sitting untouched for a while. That tells you how dangerously close I've come to getting too caught up in domesticity, ha ha.

I'm happy to say I have a few freelance projects right now that I'm excited about. One, which I mentioned in my last blog, is starting to take fruition. The blogging gig. I've never felt more comfortable doing new work for someone. I feel like it's really a medium for personal style, so I won't feel as client-restricted as I have in the past. It's kind of a relief. I'm also back in touch with a former colleague from my dot com days. I learned that his company likes to keep a couple stable copy writers on their speed dial, so he's added me their list of vendors. I actually discovered that writing copy was one of my more productive skills when I was working with him, before I even went to grad school. So coming full circle with a much fuller skill set is a pretty great feeling, no matter what comes of it.

In the non-paid realm of writing, I've starting working on a kids' book. It's not exactly a book for my son, like I'd previously planned, because my little protagonist is a girl. But in the end, I grew up female, so until Wyatt's old enough for me to have some experience with little boys, I don't know if it's so smart to try to fake it.

So, that's where things stand right now in writing land. It's good. I'm home a lot, and I'm settling into some of the day to day stuff that used to mess with my head, but I think I'm starting to be able to wrap my brain around some of it without feeling like I'm melting. I think my next breakthrough will be adding more reading to my schedule. That, after all, tends to be the best kind of inspiration a writer can receive. And so with that, I'm off.