Who is Karen?

While I’m not new to writing, I am new to blogging. So I figured I’d kick off my blogging journey by introducing myself to the world.

 

So who is this Karen person?

 

I’m a newlywed. My British husband (love the accent) and I got married on a day we could both remember. The date contained nothing but “1’s”. I figure that should (hopefully) keep us out of the trouble in the future!

 

I’ve got two boys. A teenager getting ready to learn how to drive (I expect plenty of blog fodder out of that experience) and a pre-teen getting ready for angst. They’re both great though and fill my days with joy. And sometimes screaming. But mostly joy.

 

I have a day job while I work my way towards my goal of publishing a novel. Thankfully, I like my day job. I get to design websites and write! Instructions and user guides, but I like writing those almost as much as I like writing fiction.

 

I eat too much chocolate and don’t exercise nearly enough to offset that in my mind. I ran my last marathon almost 2 years ago and my knee went on strike. My now healed knee is in for a surprise though. I’ve decided to carefully get myself back into running shape so I can run a marathon relay in 2013 with my sister. (Training=blog fodder!)

 

Last, for the moment, I write. I love putting pen to paper. Mostly it stinks. But it’s gotten better over the past few years. I’ve had two short stories published and recently received an honorable mention in Writer’s Digest’s 80th Annual Writing Competition. That caused much glee and girlie squeals at the mailbox.

 

In a small nutshell, that’s me. Karen. Newlywed, mom, sister, chocolate eater, writer, runner and squealer.

 

It’s been a pleasure introducing myself to you.

 

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you’ll visit again in the future!