To Be a Writer

Well, everyone, I'm back! It's been awhile, but I have decided to bring back my personal blog and start writing again! HOORAY! I know you're excited. Try to contain your joy. ;-)

For those of you who know me, you know one of my life goals is to become a writer. Several people have asked me "Well, Kim, what is it you want to write?" And my answer is complicated - EVERYTHING! I would love to write children's books, fiction, nonfiction, research....I just want to write.

Right now I am getting my Master's in Education with a focus on Language and Literacy. I have taken several courses on teaching writing, but in all of them, there was a great emphasis on the teacher's writing life. In order to teach writing well, we must be writers too. That's not to say every teacher needs to be a published writer! It's just important for teachers to go through the writing process with their students: writing in a writer's notebook, coming up with ideas, collecting entries, drafting, revising, editing, sharing. In two of my courses I had to write several of my own pieces and I absolutely loved it! In one class I wrote about several of my family members, sort of like mini-biographies. When I was done, I bound it together and gave it to my parents as a present. In my most recent course, I wrote a memoir about my time as a swimmer and a short fiction story about a brother-sister relationship.

I'm addicted to writing! And I love it!

I really want to continue working on my own writing and I thought a wonderful way to do that was to get back into the habit of blogging. I hope you all will come along for the ride!