I created this account as a supplement to my regular account, a place to post random excercises, plot bunnies, and rough drafts. As an introduction, I'd like to say that I am a student working on my Masters degree in Library Science. The first story I remember writing was an autobiographical picture "book" that I made at my grandparents house in the first grade, and I haven't stopped since. I tried poetry for a while, but I'm the first to admit that I was horrible at it. I'm much more interested in writing prose, mostly aimed at children of different ages.

Jack London said one of my favorite quotes: "You can't wait for inspiration, you have to beat it out with a club." This is something I think many young writers struggle with. I come across people who say they can't write on a regular basis, or they can't write something based on a prompt, because they have to wait for "inspiration." Well, I don't believe that. If I wait for inspiration, I end up writing next to nothing, and what I do write doesn't get finished. Inspiration is a great catalyst, but it isn't everything. A writer has to work hard to become good. I'm still in the phase of working, and I won't stop just because I don't feel "inspired."

Right now, I'm working with a few ideas. The first, and the one I'm working on most right now, is a short story that I hope I can make into a series called "A Modern Day Jeeves." It's a nasty piece of work, though, because the main character is...difficult. The second idea doesn't really have a lot to it yet, mostly because I'm working on the research, but it was inspired by a paper about the 1920s that I helped a high school student write . Finally, there is a story near and dear to my heart, a children's book about a girl whose best friend is moving away. I actually began it several years ago, and am still editing it.