Du Jour #1

Obstreperous: adj. Difficult to control and often noisy.


Vociferous: adj. Expressed in a very loud or forceful way.

Felicitous: adj. Very well suited or expressed. Apt. Pleasant or delightful.


Ossify: verb. To become or change into bone or bony texture. To become set in one's ways.


Sin qua non: An indispensable condition, element, or factor. Essential.

Hello & Welcome

Greetings!

My name is Hallie. I'm a 25 year old librarian living in Southeast Texas for the moment. Once upon a time, I wrote a lot of poetry. Some of it was decent but most of it was probably pretty mediocre. I was lucky enough to have some great teachers and good friends who helped me become a better writer. But then I grew up and I had to start doing things like paying bills and finishing my master's in under a year and then moving cross country after my husband got out of the military. 

Writing professionally over at my library blog became my primary focus. And I love it. But something is missing. I haven't written much poetry in the past few years. I haven't really even talked about poetry or writing creatively with anyone else in over a year. I feel like the more time that goes by without me participating, the worse I get at writing. Anxiety builds to the point that I end up in this worthless cycle of not writing and then worrying about not writing which then drives me to the point of not writing at all and things begin again. Yuck.

So, I'm starting this blog as a place to hopefully write again and to talk about writing. Or at least to use as a place to talk about how I'm not writing and the feelings surrounding that predicament. I also want to start talking about other people's writing again and reading a lot more poetry. As a YA librarian, I spend much more time reading YA fiction than I do any other genre simply because my job necessitates that. I love that genre but, again, something seems to be missing here.

I have no idea how often I'm going to post here. I feel like a sure way to kill this before it even gets off the ground is to set some structured goal. For now, maybe for this whole year, I just want to post here when I can and let my personal pattern emerge before I make an commitments. Maybe it'll be once a week, maybe it'll be once a month.

Thanks for stopping by. Any and all conversation and feedback is appreciated and welcome. Unless you're just here to be an asshole. There are plenty of other blogs to lurk if that's your thing.

See you when I see you.