A few months ago I was drinking coffee at Cafe Diem and writing a post for my ADHD parenting blog, My Picture Perfect Family, when a woman approached me.

“Are you a writer?” she asked. I looked up, and recognized Jo Myers-Walker, a successful local artist.

My first impulse was to say, “Me? Oh, no. I’m not a writer.”

Wait a minute, I thought. Why don’t I see myself as a writer? At this very moment I’m writing–for online publication–with my very own byline–for pay. It was time for me to identify myself as the “real thing.”

“Yes,” I answered, “I am.”

Flash forward to last Friday. I’d resigned my part-time-salaried-with-benifits job at Ames Public Library after 9 years, and was eating a farewell lunch with 15 colleagues.

“What are your plans?” One of them asked.

I’m officially, unequivacally, for-better-or-for-worse a freelance writer!

Oh my god, what have I done?

Please join me as I begin my journey as a REAL writer. I’ll share the history of how I started writing, and keep you updated as I live the writing life.

For me, a life-long reader, a book reviewer, and a long-time public library staffer, writing and reading are inseparable. I’ll also write about my favorite reads–for adults, teens, and kids; fiction and non-fiction; some on topics I write about professionally–adoption, ADHD and learning disablilities, books, and writing.

Please stop back often!

Kay