NaNoWriMo and other projects

I was meaning to make a real update, but instead I thought I’d write about my plans to do NaNoWriMo. Last year, I had signed up, but I didn’t end up doing it for a few reasons. One reason was the fact that I’m *really bad* at writing fiction that has an ending. Middles are even a bit hard. It seems that my writing skills are primarily in the non-fiction catagory, and even when I have attempted to write fiction, it’s ended up as sort of a veiled reality.

This year, I hope for better. This year, I think maybe a lesbian erotic thriller might be in the works. That might be asking too much for myself, but it’s not like I’m working much these days. Here’s hoping for organization and inspiration.

Other projects I need to work on: finding a place to volunteer to get me closer to a job in social work, dressing up my resume and sending out a bunch of packets that show my greatness to would-be employers, work on some more scholarly like essays and post them here… and PROFIT. Or something.

Keep your fingers crossed that this all works out.

Congratulations (to Me)!

I finally set up my very own blog. Now I have to just tweak a few things (like the style) and get some content in here, and I’ll be in business. Well, not so much business as having something out here for people to gawk at.

A brief introduction: Late 20’s Master of Social Work with an interest in working with sexual minorities, living in the Pacific Northwest, trying to find a job. My interests are wide and varied. I love art (especially 20th century pop art and Byzantine, Medieval and Rennaissance religious paintings, among many other styles). I enjoy listening to music, from alt-country to goth/industrial. I listen to KEXP on a regular basis. As far as books, I tend to favor non-fiction these days. Other reading I do is on the web.

Oh, and I’m a Mac user. 🙂

Stay tuned for more to come!

EDIT: Big thank you to Rob who is hosting this blog and has helped me set it up. Also, credits to him for the photo-splash I appropriated. Thanks Rob!!