This website has been my guide to everything since I decided to try and get published. I scan these message boards all the time.
My name is Megan and I am from the beautiful Pacific Northwest. I live with my great husband and two girls, ages 9 and 11.
I used to write all the time back when I was younger, poems, songs, journalling. I wanted to be a journalist back in college, unfortunately life caught up with me and I quit school and went into the work force.
You would not believe how many jobs I've gone through. Well, I'll just tell you; Pizza girl, record store, shoe store, paralegal assistant, winery manager, two government jobs (insert snoring sounds here), jewelry store, toy sales, body product sales, soap making (which I actually decided I wasn't good enough at to make any money), and daycare. I've probably forgotten a couple. My husband has been a champion through my many professions.
I can probably thank my mother-in-law (God rest her soul) for getting me back into writing. She was diagnosed with cancer about five years ago. I closed my daycare and my husband and I took her into our home and did hospice care for her. Unfortunately, she passed away a few weeks later. Since I was no longer working, I decided to start writing again to fill the void, and pretty soon I had finished a paranormal MG/YA (haven't decided which category it actually falls into yet) novel. Actually, I have finished two in a series, and am working on a third, as well as dabbling with other stories.
So, I guess that's my life as a writer, in a nutshell. I've had many unbiased people read my book, and they seem to really like it. Now if I could get that one agent who will love it, everything would be perfect.
Nice to meet everyone, and thanks to those who manage these message boards.