I'm still alive (for now)

Just a quick post to let you all know I'm still alive and haven't abandoned this blog. I'm currently on vacation for the next 2 weeks but I'll have some downtime soon and I plan to finish up a story in the next few days. Also- I GOT A NEW WRITING LAPTOP! It's actually just a tablet with a keyboard dock, but it runs full windows 8.1, it's got a quad-core proc, expandable storage, USB ports, and it actually runs really well. Nice & quick. It's no Surface pro but it's quite a bit of bang for the buck($227 @ wal-fart). Let's just hope I don't piss off any more otherworldly beings, I don't want this one breaking too :S

Okay, I'll shutup now. I'll try to post something at least mildly spooky soon so you all don't lose interest.

Welcome readers!

Hello everyone! I thought I'd get the blog rolling by posting a bit of an introduction.

First off, I make no claim to be an excellent writer but it is definitely one of my greatest passions. I've always loved both reading and writing, and English/Literature/Language Arts were the only classes I ever cared about or excelled in. My favorite assignments have always been essays and any other kind of writing assignments. In 11th grade we did a unit on Beowulf and we each had to write a short story from an alternate character's point of view and I chose Grendel. The teacher read my story to the whole class(embarrassing me half to death at the time) and told me after class that it would be a crime if I didn't become a writer. I'll probably rewrite that story and post it here to see what you all think, but that just goes to illustrate how long I've loved writing stories. Funny tidbit of trivia about me- I got almost all of my tattoos for free by writing. I have a friend who's a tattoo artist, and I wrote his college essays for him in exchange for tattoos. He got As, I got ink, and I enjoyed writing them too so everyone wins!

Most of my stories are inspired by the vivid nightmares I've had ever since early childhood, though some are inspired by real-life events like the one I'm going to post a bit later on tonight. I've always been too self-conscious to ever let anyone else read them, I'm my own worst critic and I often reread my stories and cringe, but recently I let my husband read one and thanks to his very warm and encouraging reception and at the request of a few dear friends, I've decided to start posting them online. Most are scary, some are extremely dark and twisted, and some are just plain weird, and I sincerely hope you enjoy reading them. I must warn you though that I'm a compulsive editor, I often will go back and reread the things I write and edit the shit out of them so you'll have to forgive me if I do that here. My writing style is; write it all down in one fell swoop, go back and proofread, change tons of stuff, then publish. Then proofread again and edit the hell out of it some more. I will REALLY try not to do that here, but I can't promise anything.

Happy reading!