BlogathonATX

Super duper excited today!  BlogathonATX is a much needed bright spot in my week (as if finishing the first draft of my first novel wasn't enough!).  It's really the most incredible thing.  Lots of fun and great people.

The first time I went to BlogathonATX was last year.  I was a volunteer and I had created my first blog, Running On Heavy, a month before I attended.  I was new to the blogging world and was absolutely clueless as to what I should be doing.

The friend that encouraged me to volunteer was (is) involved with BlogathonATX and she thought that even though I was new to the blogging world, it would be a great opportunity for me to learn and grow.   Attending was the best decision I could have made. 

Not only did I learn a lot, but I met so many great people along the way as a result of it.  Those new friends have led me to new blogging opportunities that I never, ever expected to have. 

I am ready to take my writing, blogging and freelance work to the next level.  It's something that I am passionate about and that I KNOW I can do.  I am taking this time to really fine tune my writing and my style.  And people are responding in such a positive way.  It's a wonderful thing and I am ready to go!

Smiling!
~V

Busy! Busy! Busy!!

So much has happened since my last post!  I've had the opportunity to guest blog for Pink Kisses again AND I am guest blogging for a writer's website.  I'm going to write about writing :-)

This is all very exciting and it confirms for me that I'm moving in the right direction.  I'm doing my best to take advantage of all the opportunities that come my way because I know that just as easily as they have come, they can go. 

I am now eleven days from finishing my first novel.  It's a first draft and it is VERY rough but just the fact that I am completing it is a huge accomplishment for me.  Then comes the editing and that is the part I am most looking forward to.  I enjoy taking something rough and unpolished and prettying it up. 

Life is good and I'm very thankful for that.

Smiling,
V~

Next Step

The bold move paid off.  I was able to be a guest blogger for a website that I love and they would like for me to write for them again in the future.  Here is the link to it in case you are interested:

http://www.pinkkisses.com/2012/02/22/guest-blogger-valeka

But as exciting as that was, I wonder what is next for me.  What will my next move be?  I need my next high and I'm not sure where to get it or how.  I know that there is more out there for me to do (LOTS more!!) but I'm not sure where to go with it now.  It's something I need to think about.  I do have the novel that I'm writing but that is moving so slowly since this is my first one.  I need to find something else for myself between my wonderful guest blogger opportunity and the novel.  I have some thinking to do.

Smiling (sort of),
~V

Ask and You Shall Receive....

Ya know how I said I was ready for change and that I was going to embrace it?  I had a major change happen to me a couple of weeks ago.  The job I have been at for many, many, MANY years laid me off.  I wasn't happy there.  In fact, I hated it.  And for years I had been saying that I wanted to make a change and find a new job, etc.  Well, I now have that opportunity.  The decision was made for me.  And the great thing is that I feel very happy about it.  This frees me up to be able to do many things that I have been wanting to for a long time.  I will be able to volunteer at places while I am searching for a new job.  I will be able to finish my novel.  My future is wide open.  I am hopeful and excited about moving forward.  Yes, I am nervous about being jobless but I have a good feeling about this.

Now, I haven't been very spiritual the last few years.  I rarely talk to a higher power or ask for help from that power.  I wish well for others and toss those thoughts out into the universe in hopes that some cosmic power will make things good for those in need.  For some reason, I feel like someone or something is looking out for me.  And that's why I'm okay with my current situation.  I feel like I am being guided to where I need to be.  I am meant for something else and I am being steered in that direction.  It's rather exciting!  I know that this may not be an easy situation but I feel like this is something I need and that it is going to be positive for me.  Good things ahead for me.  I just know it.  And I know that SOMEONE is looking out for me.  I am going to put my trust in that SOMEONE and believe that this is meant to be.  I am going to take the opportunity and milk it for all it is worth!

Smiling!
~V