I introduce myself - sort of

I seem to have a lot to say, and nowhere really to say it, so I'm starting this.

First off, about myself: I'm a Christian and a writer. (Nothing book-length published yet, alas.)

I guess the first thing I want you to know about me is that I'm not dumb. I've never been to college, but I scored in the high 90s percentile of people on the PSAT. (Never took the SAT.) I scored high enough to get their little card that says you did good, but not good enough to get the scholarship or anything like that. :)

I've also read 250+ books since I finished high school, (a few years ago; I'm in my 20s).

I've written a lot. Since I was eight. To be honest, that's mostly what I'll probably talk about in this blog, but hey, one never knows. :)

I don't know why all this should matter, except that I often feel dumb, like there's something people told everyone else, but forgot to tell me. Other times, I end up feeling quite superior, because someone didn't do as good a job with a TV plot, or some small thing about their book, as I think they could have. It's silly; I suppose it's overcompensation.

And, to be honest, I guess I want to say what I've "accomplished" right away, because I feel like that list is very short! I like to remind myself of it once in awhile.

Oh yeah, I've also had a few short things published. :)

Another thing about me: I hate it when people read over my shoulder!!! It doesn't matter if I'd let them read it anyway! Part of this stems from the nasty habit of people making comments about what they read. Emails... other people's or mine...doesn't matter. And suppose I'm typing one of my stories? Then if they make a comment, doubly embarassing. And if they don't... it's probably just because they don't want to insult me, but who knows what they're thinking? So, there's no good from it, as far as I'm concerned. If I'm doing something important, I just minimize it when anyone is close.

Do you think long paragraphs keep people from reading blogs? I think they don't help. Anyway, I often skim the long ones. But here I am doing it, too. (See above.) How about that??