Away we go...

Starting these kinds of things is always a little awkward, but if the title of the blog didn't give away my intentions then I guess I'll just go into some detail.

I'm an aspiring writer who has about zero experience to date. I'm like many people out there, who read comics all the time and dreamed of breaking in since I was in high school. Well, now I'm 25, haven't done anything to work toward that goal, and have decided to give it a go. If you never try, you never succeed, right?

This blog was created to chronicle my experience trying to develop stories, submit ideas, and (someday) publish my first work. I want to be able to look back and see how it happened for me, assuming it's successful. Then again, I refer you to the title of this blog: keeping a positive attitude on this journey should keep me both focused and pleasant enough to live my day-to-day life. So, I WILL write comic books.

I'm not just creating this blog as a future biography, or some kind of virtual scrapbook though. I would like to make this a kind of resource center for others like me, giving it an honest go, to find websites where they can meet artists, or get submission guidelines, or offer helpful hints about working through some writers' block. I would like to see this place become much more interactive than just me telling a bunch of people what's going on with me. If something I say interests you, post away. Or if I ask some question, please assume it isn't rhetorical, and give me any answers you find. Share your progress too. We'll work together, then, and hopefully WE will write comic books.

Also, I'd be ignoring the elephant in the room if I didn't say that I'm doing this to get a little exposure. I know it's not really in my intended industry, but just getting my name out there with some words I wrote for people to read is going a mile farther than I ever have before. I want people to know who I am, what I'm trying to do, and, hopefully, be able to help me out in any way possible.

One foot before the next, the journey is starting today, and there's no turning back once this thing is posted. So try along with me, and enjoy the trail we blaze together. Who knows? Maybe this will become a successful platform to launch many careers, and many proclamations that "I write comic books."

Looking forward to checking in again soon...