pegkerr | Welcome to my LiveJournal (Reply)

Thanks to

johnwalton, I now have my own LiveJournal (:schnoogles John:). And schnoogles also to

heidi8 who also offered me the code.

I've kept a personal journal for over twenty-five years, but this is the first time I've ever tried a public journal. This Sunday, April 28, is my birthday, which seems a good reason to start as any. ("It's my birthday, my love, and we wants it!")

I'm nervous, yet excited, too. It's the same uneasy but anticipatory feeling I get whenever I try to put on an ambitious party: I run around like crazy trying to get things ready, simultaneously afraid that there won't be enough food and nobody will come. But hoping that I'll have a marvelous time.

So I've been busy for the last several days setting up my little corner of the LJ universe, hunting for icons to use, trying to get the hang of this html thang (I'm rather technologically challenged but willing to learn). It's been a fun and creative experience. I've chosen a cat as my mood icon because I've always loved cats. It must have something to do with being a writer--it seems that almost all the writers I know have one. Unfortunately, despite my inclination, I'm dreadfully allergic to them. So now I have an html cat that won't make me sneeze.

The central thing I've been thinking about the last several years is how to combine the process of being a creative writer with all the other aspects of my life that tend to crowd creativity out: motherhood, running a household, earning a paycheck, and simply relaxing and enjoying other things in my life, like reading or fandom. How do I balance it all?

I hope that keeping this LiveJournal will help me figure that out. I want to make it a true conversation and look forward to your comments.

Happy birthday to me!