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I feel the need to just write, so I'm not choosing a topic for this post... I have writer's bug right now...

my house is quiet, except for davids swing (thankfully he finally fell asleep) and the humidifier... jenny, david, and jason are all sleeping... this is the norm i think for when i get the writers bug - all my family is asleep, and my brain decides to turn on full speed ahead!

i've been thinking a lot throughout the day about possibilities for books - i have a lot of good ideas in my head, but i really want to do something that is personal to my experiences and that hasn't been done before (or at least something that is fresh to the masses)... the idea i mentioned in my previous post is definitely something that i want to explore... i also have a few other ideas - i need to write them down before i forget them... brb... i'm going to make a list really quickly

okay... i've got three so far - now i just need to brainstorm the different directions i could go with each of them... plus, i think i have a list on my other computer of other possibilities i came up with a couple of months ago... i'll have to look into that when i remember...

my brain really wants to brainstorm right now... ok.. i just added two more ideas to the list - one i need to reign in a bit, its too broad, but i can't think of how right now - i think i'm going to need a bit more "experience" in that particular arena first... but maybe someday!

i don't remember if i mentioned what genre i want to write... i really want to write about family/homemaking/parenting/marriage/etc - stuff that i experience and God teaches me about/through and then share those experiences/lessons with others... a lot of what i want to do will be studying the Bible to see what it says about particular topics, and then incorporating the Scripture with my experiences to encourage and instruct other women...

if there's an area in life that you'd like to read a book about, let me know... i'd love to get some input/direction from anyone who might want to give it! i'm hoping that i will have a topic chosen in the next month or so to start brainstorming on, so that i can start researching and studying... i'd like to start the actual typing of my first manuscript by summer (i know that's probably a lofty goal with two kids two and under, but since most of my writing is done after they go to bed, maybe i'll be able to do it!)... we already spend one day a week at the library - maybe i'll start taking the stroller to contain jenny so i can actually look for some books of my own! (right now, she runs up and down the rows while i look for books, and i usually give up before i'm able to find anything that i want to read, since i'm not too fond of being disruptive)... or, maybe i'll leave the kids with Daddy for a couple of hours so I can have some Mommy alone time and visit the library for some quiet and study time! (this is probably not a bad idea - i'll have to pose the idea to jason - i think he might actually go for it, especially if it's a weekly planned time during one of his days off... probably thursday afternoons after he's had a chance to recover and the kids are down for their naps! hmm... good idea, Ashley!)

wow... its only 20 after 10! i'm impressed with myself! i've actually been writing quite a bit and it hasn't taken up all that much time... sometimes when i write, time seems to fly by and i don't realize it... for once, i felt like more time had past than actually has! i'm not sure why thats so exciting, but, hey... i had to share it (well, no, not really, but i did anyways)...

i think i'm going to go over to FB and play Word Challenge for a bit... I'm pretty addicted to it, but when my brain's on overload like this, I don't usually do very well... so we'll see... I might be back yet tonight... otherwise, good night to anybody who might be out there in blogger world.