It is Time!

Ah yes, the infamous introductory blog post. Perhaps the most painful to write from my end, and for you to read on yours.  Quick intro: I'm Kate. Thirty-two year old wife, and mother to three kiddos. I have a background in English, but have yet to finish up that degree.  I suppose perhaps, at the time, I enjoyed partying more than studying.  Hindsight and all that jazz, eh? I have no lofty ambitions of changing the world with my fabulously crafted blog.  In fact, I am betting myself that this may end up being another one of Kate's projects that fall by the wayside. I hope not. I am a writer of fiction, poetry, and all of the random thoughts that cross through my already addled brain. Seriously- I carry a notebook with me at all times to write everything down. Ya never know what may be your next great line of verse, or perhaps the missing part of your work-in-progress that has been gnawing at your brain and waking you in the night. You writers out there know what I'm talking about.


Ok, so upWords and onWords... Well, I suppose that while I have been writing since about age nine (thank you Writer in Residence programs in Wake County Public Schools) I never decided to take things seriously until the last couple of months.  I hold no illusions that I am going to be the next big thing, but I have this intrinsic desire to have my voice heard. I suppose, more accurately, my voice through the voices I lend to my characters. I think that this is why it seems safe for me to put so much of myself out there for others. I am typically a pretty private person and the thought that someone might *actually* read what I am writing has always scared the poo out of me until recently. 

Alright Kate, enough babbling, this blog is set up for one purpose -for me to be me, and for my voice to be heard. Perhaps that sounds a bit narcissistic, but when you spend your entire day wiping your baby's butt, arguing with a five year old that knows EVERYTHING, and being ignored by a hormonal eleven (going on 21) year old, you need some time to just be YOU.  I read, on one of my favorite blogs out there, that blogging isn't necessarily about pushing political, religious, and other motives (unless you want it to be, that is); it is solely about creating and letting people hear your voice. Hear, hear! On that note, thanks for reading and we shall see what tomorrow brings!