22791131 937be60f98fd9b8d5ea258bf79f9dca3 octoberthoughtspdx http://gravatar.com/octoberthoughtspdx octoberthoughtspdx http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/937be60f98fd9b8d5ea258bf79f9dca3 http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/937be60f98fd9b8d5ea258bf79f9dca3 thumbnail Kristen Gehrke Kristen Gehrke octoberthoughtspdx I used to write. In fact, I wrote continuously from the age of 10 until I was about 28. Then I stopped. No more words. Done. I went to school. Several different ones, at that. And I had a series of jobs that didn't make me entirely happy but paid the bills and bought me coffee. And then, in the fall of 2010, while working 40-45 hours a week, taking classes most nights and weekends, I found NaNoWriMo. And I found my words. And I started writing them down. I'm sure my story is not unique, but I think my voice is. I have stories to tell. I have all these angry characters I've been toting around with me but have been refusing to write. And when I say they're angry, I mean they're PISSED that they've been cooped up so long. They do not lend themselves easily to romantic comedy so I guess I won't be writing any. Portlandia, Cascadia octoberthoughts@hotmail.com true http://octoberthoughtspdx.blogspot.com