Any creative writers around here?

[Jally]

Tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!

[Kikkai]

Originally Posted by Jally

Tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!

Yup :D sounds like you're very excited!

[Jally]

Uh, yep! Just watch though. Tomorrow will come and I won't know what to write LOL

[Kikkai]

To all those participating in NaNoWriMo, how has the writing been going so far? Its been going well for me. I've been able to reach my goal of 1666 words thanks to the time that I have to write!

[Kikkai]

Writing has been going well for me! I have been able to achieve my goal of 1666 words each day : ).

[Kikkai]

Total wordcount so far for my NaNoWriMo story (yes, including all the chapters I have done so far): 20,748 words!

[Jally]

Seriously, way to go!! You are half way there!

[Kikkai]

Originally Posted by Jally

Seriously, way to go!! You are half way there!

Thank you : ). Yes I am halfway there both word count and story-wise :P

[usamma]

I will just give a summary . :)

I have a BS in English. In high school and college I was published a few times with my poetry and essays, and I won some awards as well. When I got into the "real world" I realized I had to earn money. I had taken one technical writing class and a research class. I used both to land a job as a temporary technical writer. That led to a permanent position as a tech writer for a semiconductor company. I was able to make a good living for a 20 something new grad, but it was a far cry from creative writing. I still wrote articles for magazines here and there, and had two more poems published but never was paid for those-- it was done for smaller magazines/publications and I was just happy to see myself in print. LOL

Somewhere along the way life got busy and I lost my passion for writing. I still journal-- I have been keeping a blog since 1999. But as far as earning a living or having a book published-- I just don't have the time or creative energy. I have two kids who use up a lot of my energy -- and I'm glad to give it. I decided to back to school a couple of years ago and am now in nursing school. When I graduate I will be earning a living and using my creative energy to help patients feel better and heal. It's not writing, but it's still creative.

[Kikkai]

Its sad to hear you lost the passion for writing but hey, at least you still blog and you've gotten published and awarded for some of your writing! I am glad to hear to find another (former) writer around here : ). I hope I don't lose my love for writing!