Good News (or Why Everyone Should Write a Book)

I can't believe it's been so long since my last post. My days have definitely been moving quickly, and I have been just a little bit distracted. I have a very good reason for my distraction this week: I got engaged on Saturday.

Everytime I say or write the E word I have to stop and let it register. This is not something I ever really expected. And to be engaged to an absolutely wonderful, kind, considerate, smart, funny, loving man who can cook and who my family ADORES on top of all that...well, it's still a blissful surprise.

So how does my engagement tie in to my secondary title for this post? It ties in because I believe the reason Rick is in my life is because I wrote Frog Kisser. Although the book was a work of fiction, in writing it I was able to identify some of my unhealthy and self-destructive patterns in relationships, and was able to change them. Then, I travelled WAY outside my comfort zone and published the book...and that's when the fun began. I set up a MySpace profile to publicize the book, and a few months later I got a message from a guy wearing a kilt. He seemed entertaining, and now I'm engaged to him. So, had I never sat down to record the events of my bachelorette party one February evening three years ago, I'm pretty sure I'd be in the same place I was back then. And, frankly, I like this place better.

That's my story. I hear other stories from other writers who've put themselves out there and had nothing but good things happen. I have a friend who just told me she travelled outside her comfort zone by writing a short story in a genre she'd never considered before. And guess what...someone bought the story! That's huge and wonderful news.

So pick up that pen or sit down and that keyboard and get writing. It's worth every second of it.