Welcome to my blog!

     During the spring of 2010 I designed and launched my "writer's website", erinlukensdarr.com, in the hopes of a) making a presence for my writing on the web, b) appearing more professional, c) motivating myself to work harder and, mostly, d) to procrastinate on the querying and editing, both much less fun than writing and much less fun than creating a website.  Since that time, however, I've done little updating on my site, other than keeping the progress monitor of SHADOW GIRL up to date as I wrote it.  (I finished it in August 2010 and unfortunatley haven't done much to the site (or my books) since.)
     I recently started a book review type blog for my day job (school librarian) and realized how easy and fun it is to do by using blogger.com.  My "writer's blog" using iWeb was a bit more cumbersome and I wasn't keeping it updated, therefore disappointing not only myself but my 2.3 fans out there who were looking at it.  SO, a moment of clarity struck me and I decided to jump on old blogger.com and start up my "writer's blog" using that, hoping that I would work more often on it but with less angst.  
     I plan to use this blog to not only post excerpts and updates about my books and what I anticipate to be an excruciating quest for publication but also to kind of police myself and make sure I'm writing.  See, I tend to be a slackass.  While a small part of me can pat myself on the back and say, "Hey, chick!  You've written two freaking novels!" a larger part of me (who sent out a whole dozen queries for her first book...with no positive results) gives up pretty damn easily.  I am an immediate-gratification-girl and when I see the long road ahead I often sigh, turn my back on it, and curl up on the couch with a couple of cats and a movie.  Unfortunately, soon the guilt and self-loathing sets in and often puts me into a rather morose state.  My poor husband suffers from my self-sabotaging but in my deepest, darkest bouts of crankiness I often think, "Hey!  I'm 'suffering', I MUST be a writer!"
     So, thanks for stopping by and for reading this far.  If you are one of my 2.3 fans, YOU FREAKING ROCK!!!!  If you are like, "Eh, maybe I'll give this chick a chance and read on," then you can easily join the FREAKING ROCK club too.
     Check out my main site, erinlukensdarr.com and visit here often.  My goal is to update at least once a week with sometimes not-completely-self-absorbed drivel.  Wish me luck!  (BTW, hobo gloves rock!  They keep your hands warm when you're writing :P)