I'm Back! Seriously!

So, in my last post, which was in mid-July (I'm ashamed to say) predicted exactly what happened to me this past summer. I said that once I got my job, I'd be too busy and less focused on my writing... and like I said, that's exactly what happened. I enjoyed making money this summer and I certainly don't mind having some money put away as I work my way into my sophomore year at UMass Amherst, but I'm still bummed that the roll I was on quickly came to a halt.

I'm living on campus now and I have classes and two jobs, but I haven't forgotten about Catching Up to You. I've had so many ideas not only for Catching Up to You, but also for the sequels to it. I've already got a clear plan as to where Kendall and Colt's stories will go through their respective high school and college careers. And I'm just itching to finally get it all written down.

NaNoWriMo is coming up and although you're not supposed to use work that you've already started, I think I'm going to use the opportunity to just get some of Catching Up to You cranked out. It's going to need more than 50,000 words to finish it anyway... so it's not really cheating... really.

So, I'm off to rewrite an outline... and next Tuesday, I'll hopefully have a brand new teaser!

A New Author's Home

So, what great author today doesn't have a blog where they lay down their life story and the random musings of each day? None. Except me before today (yes, I like to refer to myself as a great author... hopefully one day others will feel the same way).

I thought it was about time I joined the author's blogosphere. Who knows? I may have some fans out there... and we all know blogging is a great way to keep everyone updated on the latest that's going on in an author's life and how their writing is going!

So I'm doing it! Welcome to Aspirations in Writing, my blog dedicated to chronicling my journey to publication (hopefully). My name is Noelle and I'm an eighteen year old college student currently majoring in who-knows-what. I've wanted to be a writer ever since I read the amazing book "The Truth About Forever" by Sarah Dessen a few years back. That book really showed me how powerful YA writing could be and that I wanted to write YA fiction following in those footsteps!

I hope to emulate, but never overshadow, the likes of Sarah Dessen, Susane Colasanti and Jenny Han; three amazing YA fictional romance writers. And maybe one day I'll see my books sitting on bookshelves right next to theirs!