Welcome

Hello and welcome to my blog.  I have created this blog to track the progress of writing my first novel.  I began this work in January 2012 and have found it to be an incredible journey of learning so far.  Now I am about 50000 words in to it and have become very passionate about writing every day.  My plan is to record my weekly progress and comment on new writing techniques or methods that I have learned about.  At some point I may even become brave enough to post some of it, but don't hold your breath.  It is my goal to create links to other author blogs or writing blogs in general to perhaps make this a resource for new writers like myself.  I have found that staying motivated is probably the most important thing at this point, so I will pass along anything I have read or picked up regarding that as well.  That will all have to wait until tomorrow though...5am comes early.