Evolution.

This blog is becoming more about my process than my actual work, which I believe will change.

However strange, my methodology with any kind of work usually involves me completely immersing myself into whatever world I want to create or learn about.  Right now I want to learn about writing for children.  So, I listen to my daughter's reading assignments and library books more carefully.  I question family, friends, and students of my own to see if they might have some favorite books that I might otherwise have forgotten or never knew existed.

I haven't been able to read much. I have a newborn after all.  But every time I pick up a new book, I fall in love with reading all over again.  I have three books going right this very moment, which is ludicrous for a woman with my schedule.  I seem to keep them all straight because they are so completely different, and my brain differentiates perfectly.

Who knows if this children's book of mine will ever leave my computer hard drive, but at least I can say I wrote one, and I enjoyed doing it and it will perhaps help me on any other creative journey I choose to take.

---I heard a new song my brother recorded on YouTube last night, and of course I got the music bug again.  But I refuse to be schizo/bi-polar about this project like I usually am.  I will pick up writing music again when I've fully experienced the book adventure.  I want to experience writing a children's book.  And if it isn't traumatizing I want to possibly write a Young Adult or Adult fiction novel. 

Oh, and I haven't mentioned what the book is about because I haven't fully developed the concept.  I'll divulge the details when I'm comfortable that I won't embarrass myself.  That is all.