The World According to Leslie

 In August 2019, I started a 2nd Master's degree. I went into the M.A. Professional Writing program at Liberty University.  After the first semester of classes, I decided to change my major, but I did not do it until last week. I officially changed my major to the M.F.A. in Creative Writing. When I grow up, I want to be a writer!  I am a writer, but I want to be a professional writer. I have ideas in my head for a book, and they have been there for years. I do not know how to get them out of my head an onto a page. I think I just need to sit down and do it.  That comes back to my will power and time management skills. I really do not have either of those. I desperately NEED both of those. For now, I will continue to write here. I want to begin formatting this blog a little differently than it is. I want to monetize. I want to vlog, but I haven't figured out editing yet. I want to do a podcast, but again....editing. I can edit my writing, but I'm not very good with te...

Recently I rediscovered my love of writing. I started taking classes toward a 2nd master's degree--Master of Arts in Professional Writing. I remembered how much I love  putting words on a page. Then I saw a post on Facebook not long ago about #NaNoWriMo2019--National Novel Writing Month. I haven't even started planning out my novel yet, but I have been putting words on a page. In the 3-4 days I have been able to just sit and write this month, I have been able to put almost 10K words to the page. I still have oh-so-many words left, of course, but I have started. I have research to do for my dream novel, but for the book I'm putting on the page now, I know the story and I'm typing it as quickly as my hands will allow me. We moved the computer back upstairs tonight to work on some other stuff, but I think if I leave it up here, I may actually get more writing done. Here goes...something!