Aw shucks, you guys!

Can I get real for a minute? Because I'm feeling really overwhelmed lately, and in the very best way.

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I've been writing my entire life. I can't remember a time when I wasn't filling pages of notebooks with stories and feelings and the like.

I even went to college for writing and graduated with a degree in English with a concentration in creative writing. But that's when things kind of changed. Part of that program was these awful things called workshops. Where you printed a million copies of your work and passed them out to the class to take home and read. And then the next class session, we'd sit around and they'd discuss your work like you weren't sitting right there. And it was God awful and terrible and always left me questioning why I was even bothering. Because I wasn't going to be Faulkner. Or Hemingway. Or anyone people studied in their English classes. And because of that, I felt like I didn't belong. And I felt like I wasn't any good at what I always thought I'd be doing with my life.

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It left me empty and without the confidence I needed to pursue the career I always wanted.

Somehow I found the courage to take the step and at least write a book. But that confidence I needed to actually show it to someone was lacking.

And suddenly I'm feeling like it's not all that bad. And that's all because of you guys. Every single one of you who happen upon this little blog and take the time to tell me you enjoy it. That there really might be an audience out there who likes what I have to say.

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So I just wanted to take a second to say thank you. You have no idea what you're doing for me, and I greatly appreciate all of your support. And who knows. Maybe I'll even contact that editor and send her my work. Because you make me feel like it might be worth it.