And I have very little to show on my account; in fact these last six months have proven very unproductive in the creative part of my life. Teaching, has turned out to be incredibly difficult and time consuming; I've discovered that its not the thing I want to do for the rest of my life.

I have to make the things I love doing my full-time job, and while that may prove hard right now, its what I need to do to build a future worth living for me. I dedicate myself to visit here and post work more often. With much thanks to a friend, Im feeling very motivated, and have written down the guidelines to my first story; i'd like to draw out the storyboard over the next few days, and see if I can begin illustrating it.

I spoke with the creative writing director of the master's program; he's willing to review my work with some of his colleagues to see if I can gain entry into the masters program; if not he'll recommend classes for me to take prior. Im nervous, but I suppose that just means I have some serious writing to do.

I've also been accepted into a novel writing group. I've got big shoes to fill, so I'd best put a foot forward soon, and make sure its a good one.

I've made a lot of steps in the right direction towards realizing my real dreams, now, I just have to put *everything* I have into them. Hope I'm up to it.