considering thinking about maybe sticking my neck out...

So I got a book a couple of weeks ago. It's more a reference book than a novel. It lists writer's conferences all across the country. I marked about 6 that I'm going to look into further.

Maybe if I go to one of these, get my excitement up, maybe get some networking with other wannabes, MAYBE find an agent...

It's scary, thinking about doing things I haven't done before. No, it's not scary THINKING about them, it's scary DOING things I haven't done before. But I've done it in the past, and with good results, the majority of the time.

My current job is a great example: I was nervous; Can I actually DO this? It's way different to do it in classes vs doing it in real life, for a real company. In classes, I had other students to turn to, if things got too... buggery. Worst case, I'd ask a teacher. But this job? All on my own, nobody to blame for screw ups but ME! And I'm doing it... and if I do say so myself, I am kicking butt at this job. I am doing a very good job of being the go-to girl, the one who can take the stress and crap off your plate and pile it on mine. And so far (knock on wood) it's not stress and crap on my plate.

So maybe I can stick my neck out one more time... As the great George Eliot once said "It is never too late to be what you might have been."