Sidelining?

It's been Spring Break all this week...hasn't been all that warm or dry here in the great state of Washington, but at least neuropsychology has been taking a back seat in my life, if only for a few days, and that's not a bad thing...as it's given me some time to think of other things I'd also like to do in the near future besides graduating with a psychology degree. All throughout high school, and even now again --as I'm in my second college experience--people, mainly professors, ask me if I'm a "writer". I get great compliments on my papers; sometimes these have even come in the form of a highest grade in the class on a particular paper.

I start to think: maybe someone's trying to tell me something, and I'm just being dense. After all, it couldn't hurt to write some work of fiction outside of my educational endeavors and just see what happens, right?

Well, crazily enough, I'm letting myself become excited about doing a writing project as a sideline. It very well may never get published, but nothing ventured is also nothing gained, so why not attempt? I've already pounded out some little vignettes that can morph into bigger story lines with more work, and some character sketches. I'm planning to weave a lot of my interests into the story, such as: British culture, Edwardian and steampunk-style fashion, technology, preppy boarding school ala Harry Potter settings, time travel, genealogy, coming of age and, of course, love. I started a novel once, when I was still in high school, and nothing ever became of it. I'm really hoping to stick out the writing this time. We'll see how it goes...anyway, I truly hope to be blogging more about this project in the near future.
One just never knows.