Okay...It's time...

...to start writing for me again!  Right??  So far today, I have wasted about two hours redoing my blog design, trying to figure out how to automatically add a cutesy signature to my postings (still haven't gotten it), and redesigning a header in Photoshop (which I don't know how to do), and finally ended up half-assing it in Powerpoint.  I still don't like it!  Lame!  What is the point?  Why am I stalling?  I'm not really sure...let's back up.

I have a lot of catching up to do friends.  I have spent too much time away from my little blog, not just because lots of cool things have happened, but I miss it.  And I feel like something is missing and I have a good reason to come back.  One of my lovely TCE teacher friends sent me a message a couple weeks ago.  She found an awesome summer writing challenge for teachers and librarians and wanted to know if I would participate.  Check it out here:  http://www.katemessner.com/teachers-write/.  That's right!  A summer "class" to get back to writing.  I thought about it and decided it would be the perfect kick-in-the-butt I needed.  So, here I am.  Starting a post about starting to post again.  

I love the first rule of Teachers Write 2013: 

It seems very fitting for my situation.  During the school year, I'm working on school writing and reading mostly.  The summer is a great time to get back to what I miss...writing for myself!  And I have a story I've been playing with for a while that I'd like to revisit and see what can happen with it.  With Teachers Write, I'll be able to get some real critique from some experience writers!  (If I have the guts to share.  That's yet to be seen).

P.S. I found a way to put my signature here, but it's not quite right.  And it's not automatic.  But it's okay for now.