Away we go!

Here I am at my very first blog, sending my thoughts and randomness out into the nothing and everything of the internet. If you were to ask me right now why I decided to write a blog, I could honestly not tell you. "It sounded like a good idea" is really no reason at all, since it has no justification behind it. I could say I read in magazines that it would be good to increase my online presence and make myself more noticeable, but I have nothing written or published as yet to be noticed. 

I suppose the best reason I can come up with to keep a blog right now is for the deadline. This is a place I have to come to submit my work. If I were still in school I would have to be handing in homework and finishing assignments on schedule. If I was writing for a contract I would have a deadline to meet. But I am no longer an enrolled student and I do not have a writing contract with an agent or publisher. Instead I will have a contract with this blog, and with you my reader, whoever and wherever you are. 

What I write will more often than not be completely random. My topics will be dictated by whim, interest of the moment, thought of the day, caffeine levels, or if all else fails a writing prompt from one of my many helpful handbooks for getting words on (virtual) paper. I make no promises as to content. The only goal I have for this blog is to get myself to sit down and actually write on a regular basis. I need to make time in my life for writing if I am ever going to become the author I want to be, and nothing I have tried as yet has kept me honest to myself and my goals. Hopefully this blog will be what I need to get myself motivated and regulated. 

With no further ado, off we go into a new writing adventure!