Trying again.....

4 years ago I wanted to write a book.  I thought from my life experience it might be interesting to write down the misadventures of a fantasy life outside of my life in 2010.  My drive and desire to be a mother was so astronomical that I didn't know what to do with myself when I gave up on the idea of having a baby.  I had spent so much time and energy trying to get pregnant.  There were numerous doctors appointments and enough shed tears to fill a small swimming pool.  I didn't even read books at the time of this grand idea.  I just wanted to spend a little time away from my real life.  I was married with 2 dogs and a condo to take care of.   I had plenty of free time to write a book in theory. 

Now 4 years later, I'm a mother of one crazy little boy....a two year old.  He is high energy and all over the place constantly.  He's learning to talk and the things he says are hilarious.  During the last 3 years I have spent countless hours reading romance novels.  They provided me entertainment in the middle of the night while my little guy was kicking me or causing major insomnia. I have LOVED all of the books I have read.  Each one has made me smile at least once and some have even made me sob.  I have fallen in love with each character in some way.  Some remind me of myself, others remind me of friends but my most favorite are those that I would LOVE to meet. 

Not too long ago I was talking to a friend of mine, Rob, that asked what I really wanted to do with my life.  When I thought about it, I have achieved a lot in life.  I don't know if my professional career in finance is something I want to continue.  I enjoy the work to an extent but really I want to do something that makes people smile.  I thought I could be a chef or restaurant cook but the long hours needed and experience in a restaurant setting are not very appealing.  It wouldn't solve the problem of missing out on my child's life. If I could have a business creating scrapbooks for people, I think I'd enjoy that a lot but who would pay someone to make a creative album for them and not know the story behind the photos personally.  Wouldn't that make the album less special.

I explained to Rob that I had been spending way too much time reading romance novels.  It was my thing that help me escape the insane reality of life.  The stories helped me get through most days because I was looking forward to what came next in the story, even if I hadn't guess what that next thing might be.  Rob asked me if I ever thought of writing a novel of my own.  I told him that it was a pipe dream.  My English language skills are that of a 5th grader getting all C's in anything related to the words, this included book reports.  We had a good laugh together as we always do but he got me to consider writing again.  I remembered starting this BLOG to put up a bit of a book of some kind everyday.  Even if was just something that I thought was adorable and wanted to include in the story. 

I haven't seen my book idea done before but I believe it's timeless.  So here we go....I'm going to try to develop characters first and see what I can do with them.  Wish me luck.....

Writing a Book....

Since I am not a literary wonder I always thought writing a book would be impossible. Recently I came up with this idea to write a blog book. So, we'll see how this goes. I barely make time to write my other blog but with giving up on being a mother, I need to channel the extra energy into something. Keep your fingers crossed...hopefully this will turn out ok.