Welcome

Hi. Welcome to The Ink-Competent Writer. The pen may indeed be mightier than the sword, but it seems that technology trumps them both. Typing on a wireless keyboard and using Word 2007 has generally replaced the ink pen and legal pad-or in my case the Mead 5-star, 5 subject, college ruled notebook. And while I still love to write with my trusty Pilot G-2 07 'black' with its cushioned finger-grip and silky glide across the page, I've grown accustomed to the ease of composing on my computer. Not that the actual writing of a novel or short story is 'easy'--far from it--but at least it's easier to hit that backspace and correct an error, or press the 'delete' button than it is to break out the old-fashioned white-out (or if you were a perfectionist, you insisted on rewriting that entire page....sometimes twice....three times even if you were having an especially bad spelling day...).

Anyway, before I ramble on much longer about the past, let me simply say, I am an aspiring author and this will be (in part) my record of the journey, the challenge really, to turn the 'aspiring' into 'published'. Since the age of seven, when I first began writing stories (mostly about dogs rescuing the world from alien invaders), I've wanted to be an author. Over the years, I've walked into libraries and local bookstores and savored their smell (strange, I know, but other writers and readers will understand--hopefully) and thought, I want to be a part of this world. I've walked up and down the aisles, searching for new adventures to explore, and thought, I really want to be a part of this world. Silly it may be, but at times I've even found the spot on the shelves where my books would sit, if they existed, and imaged them there. Blame the creative mind, I suppose, but hopefully someday, with a lot of work and determination (and perhaps just a little bit of luck), I won't have to use my imagination for that anymore.

I am the Ink-Competent Writer - welcome to my world.