The Blogging Adventure Begins

This is my first effort to blog.  I am not a tech wizard and never claimed to be (that would be my husband) so it has been entertaining to create and design this blog entirely by myself.  I decided to begin blogging because I love the memoir genre and I am also in the midst of attempting to get a memoir of my own published.  Prepare to hear hysterical screaming should this fortunate event ever occur.  Keep Hope Alive has become my motto.   I am writing this blog under my intended pen name Grace Sutherlin.

Presently I am reading the memoir Her Last Death by Susanna Sonnenberg.  Additionally, I am currently studying literary agents and their respective book interests so I can determine which agent might potentially be a proper match for me as an author and my memoir.  When I am not reading and researching, I am working on polishing my memoir concerning a year of adversity and lessons chronicled between 2009 and 2010.  That was the year my life became insanely overwhelming as my dad's lymphoma returned, my mother finished radiation for breast cancer, my husband started his own consulting business, and my sibling went through innumerable challenges and changes.  I have my own personal health challenges consisting of Uveitic glaucoma, Meniere's disease, and an autoimmune disorder known as Cogan's Syndrome.  In my memoir I discuss daily living with each of these rare disorders.

Presently, I'm just thrilled to the dickens that I have finally, at long last, established this blog and may hopefully get it designed and established without suffering a major panic attack! A proud accomplishment when it comes to me and technology since I normally am technically challenged and suffer hissy fits when it comes to understanding design templates, software code, or why my computer crashes.  

In future posts I hope to reflect on the memoir I am currently reading, the art of writing, the quest to get published, how and why I journal, and whatever else intrigues me. I look forward to this experience and look forward to future postings.