Words are the only tools you will be given. Learn to use them with originality and care. Value them for their strength and diversity. And also remember that somebody out there is listening. -- William Zinsser

Lately I've been thinking about what I want to do, on a day-to-day basis and in the larger sense. I've been mulling over my options. A part of me wants to teach again. A part of me wants to go law school. A part of me wants to try something completely new. A part of me wants to get a stupid job just to pay the bills. And then there's this little part of me that wants to write. Since jumping into the blogging world, I feel the need to write on a daily basis. Sometimes it's an interesting story and sometimes just a little blurb about my day. But the point is that I'm using my voice.

I've been reading a ton lately (notice all those book reviews). I find that I crave good writing. There's so much bad writing out there, I try to seek out the good. When find an author that writes well, I do a little mental happy dance. The crafting of sentences, paragraphs, chapters, books, whether fiction or non, is the goal. I think I want to be part of that. So I'm going to commit myself to writing on a daily basis. Big or small. Fiction or nonfiction. A journal entry or the start of a book. A blog entry (of course) or a post on someone else's blog. I feel like I need to use my voice. So here I go....