Hi and welcome to my writer's diary. My name is Elle, though not really, and I am a 31 year old (Unfortunately, that is my true age.) wife and stay at home mom of five happy little mess makers. I am also an unpaid, unpublished author of several first drafts. I'm currently revising two books and writing a third. I have never tried having anything published because I don't feel that I'm there yet as a writer. I'm taking my time and learning the craft of writing.
Unlike most authors, I didn't realize my love of the written word at age two when my mother first stuck a crayon in my chubby hand to keep me quiet while her "shows" were on; I was twenty-nine years old when I decided that the poems I used to pen just for the hell of it and the long, drawn out, make-my-husband-want-to-rip-his-eyes-out-of-his-head letters might just be the key to my happiness.
It was while reading the Twilight Saga that I first discovered I wanted to be a writer-- not because of Stephenie Meyer's style, talent, or even the story itself really. It was the distraction that got me. It was my fascination with being transported to another place. I never liked reading as a child and it wasn't something my parents pushed. When I picked up Twilight I hadn't read a book since high school (Seriously!) and I fell in love with fiction for the first time in my life. Madly. Truly. Deeply. It was a feeling I never wanted to let go of, and I still don't.
So this is my writer's diary. A place where I am free to talk about my characters as if they are real people, because they're as real to me as my husband, and for the most part I like them more. A place where I can talk-up my newbie-author friends and their books in the hopes of getting them noticed amid so many others in this competitive industry. A place where I can debate (with myself) the benefits and pitfalls of Indie and Traditional publishing.
A place where I can talk all things writing.
