My husband and I were chatting the other night and he said it's time I built an author website for myself and begin promoting myself now, so that I have a fan base when the time comes for a book of mine to be published (I love his faith in me lol...I know there is a chance I could never get published, but he speaks as if it's a given sometimes).

Anyway, I have been giving it some thought and I think he's right. I think it is time I put something up on my domain. BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT!  LOL. I don't know what sort of feel I want to go for or what content I want or anything.

I think about all the things authors put on their websites and think, I can't do that. I'm nobody. What if I end up looking like a complete dufus on the web? What if my writing is so BAD no one wants to read it??

And then I realize - I truly am a writer because almost ALL writers feel the same way. Putting our work out there for anyone and everyone to see means we are exposing our vulnerability. You will see our blood, sweat and tears in our work. Our hearts and our passion is poured into our words. We are allowing readers a glimpse at the real us even if only for a moment.

The whole time we KNOW we will be rejected by some. Yet, we can't deny ourselves the thrill of watching our prose pour forth in a variety of forms whether its characters and distant lands, poetry, lyrics, essays...

We HAVE to write just as we have to breathe. This is even more apparent when we feel like God wants us to write. So, I'm stepping out today and I'm going to through my words out there and pray they touch someone whether it's through laughter or a tough situation a character faces. I have decided I will obey God. I will be a dufus for Jesus!

Anyone want to join me? What?! You don't want to be a dufus? Well, I'm sorry to tell you this, but if you are a writer, you are pretty much a dufus to those people around you who are normal. Writers - are NOT normal, but they are my kind of normal - ABnormal.

Oh yeah - I hope to have a website up soon. Soon as I get some ideas. hehehehe