The Beginning of a Journey

Where does time go?

There are times when ideas swim around in your head, begging attention. Some of them you look at, pat their head in a patronizing way and let them drift happily away, perhaps never to be seen again. Other ideas are simply too pushy and they keep cutting through the murky waters, creating endless ripples and echoes that cannot easily be ignored. It was one of those annoying ideas that has brought me to this blog.

People around me say “write, damn you!”, to which I respond “I DO!”, but my writing rarely reaches many people and the growing archives in my computer seem somewhat lonely. I thought, why not create a blog where I can post my writing and get some feedback?

Being very busy, (university life will do that to you), I never found the time to sit down and actually do it. But now, at the end of final exams and the beginning of the unemployment line, (those pesky in-betweens! - more on that later), I finally found the time to let the idea flourish, take shape, and form.

Here it is, then, my first blog.

Writing Interests

I have always enjoyed writing for young adults. I have also written a few short stories for children, one of which, (Snit’s Wish), won an honorary mention in Writer’s Journal Write to Win! contest in 2005.

Lately, perhaps due to the in-between I am stuck in right now, my stories have taken on a darker flavor, and do not necessarily fall into the young adult category. Regardless, I will post them here for your perusal.

Thanks for stopping by and remember, questions and feedback are most appreciated.

-R. Payne-