Hey, everyone! This is Alison D. checking in--I've known about Verla's site probably as long as she's had it (I even link to it from
my site), and attended some of the chats long ago, but I didn't know until today that there was an active message board here. Looks like a fun board! Lots of interesting topics, too.
I already know a lot of you from the yellow board, CW list, CW Cafe, or elsewhere, but for the record, I'm staying home with my very active & wacky sons, ages 3 & 5, while pursuing my writing. I write a bit of everything--poems, PBs, short stories, essays, MG & YA novels, etc., but my primary focus is the novels. I submitted my first YA novel in January & am still waiting to hear back on that one (hoping not to get a horrified response:

:). Meanwhile I just sent out a short story & am having trouble settling into another project--I'm flitting a bit between another YA novel in progress and a midgrade novel in progress, not to mention that I have a picture book I want to rewrite and a short story I've just thought of a possible way to salvage! I'm also active in the Austin, TX chapter of SCBWI and will be attending a novel writing workshop with them next month. And, obviously, I spend too much time on the Internet!

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