There's hope for me!

I showed my friend one of my short stories and she loved it!!

I was feeling fairly incompetent this week - like everything that I wrote sounded infantile and boring.

But she stopped reading after the first paragraph to e-mail me how much she loved the beginning and then later she told me that she didn't know what I had been worried about because I was a great writer.

I am so excited! I think I may actual be able to become a writer!!

Such a good week!

I've had an incredibly productive week! I can't believe how much reading and writing I've done. I've watched almost no TV.

I finished Breaking Dawn, the fourth book in the Twilight series, and it was fantastic. I am so sorry that there are no more to read. I am excited, however, that the series continues to keep me wanting to write and actually writing. I'm not creating masterpieces over here but at least I'm writing!

And for the first time since being laid off, I actually see the possibility that I could be a writer and not have to return to the _______ field again! In a way it feels like that is beyond anything I can imagine but on the other hand there is some flavor of reality in there too.

I am so thrilled to have found Twilight and grateful that they gave me the energy to write again.

feeling better - not mad at her anymore

I'm not as upset anymore about my friend's less than positive response to one of my story outlines. I've continued writing and yesterday I actually started sketching out another idea.

I'm exhausted right now - not enough sleep last night - but all I want to do is stay up and finish re-reading Eclipse (the third Twilight book). The series has made me feel excited and interested in writing for the first time in a long time and I'm trying to stretch them out because I'm afraid of what will happen when I finish the fourth book.

I'm off to bed. Hopefully to dream of wonderful things that will inspire my writing and my life.

A VERY GOOD DAY!!!!!

I spent all day today writing. I ended up going in an entirely different direction but I love the new story.

While doing some background research this evening I came across this photo. I don't know why but it makes me feel optimistic and excited.

Today I am happy to be unemployed and writing!