Five Years a Writer

Sometimes I just want to be alone to get on with my work, but sometimes I want -- and need -- company. That's when I wish for someone to join me as I wander my way down the writing road of more or less clarity and coherence.  And these last few weeks, I've had a lot of company.  A comment I posted to the  Jungle Red Writers blog , which I've been reading for years, resulted in the invitation to submit a guest post; of course, I jumped at the chance and my piece was published on  February 15th . It was a big thrill to see my writing included on that site of published authors, but it was an even bigger thrill to receive comments from the blog's readers. I've always said that my ambition to be a writer lies in wanting my words to be read; well, that day, my words were read and responded to.  That experience has pushed me further down the path of building my identity as a capital W writer, and it's given me the confidence to keep putting myself out t/here ...