Learning By Reading, Or Trying To Figure Out How To Be A Professional Blogger

Since I happen to be at a writer's retreat today in Des Moines sponsored by the Iowa Writer's Corner, I decided to have a nice photo of the state capitol on this blog post because I'm trying to be topical without oversharing. You're welcome. It has been great to hang out with my fellow writers that I've gotten to know and just write, revise, and shoot the breeze with them. It's been a fantastic experience.

I'm the awkward looking dude in the green cap in back.

I've also been working to try and see what I can do to turn this blog into something more... professional? I've been working to try and continue the research that I began to just dip my toe into a few of weeks ago. I think I'm... slightly less nervous about starting a good email list than I was last month, and I'm eager enough that I want to actually get going on putting it together.

There have been a lot of things that have rattling around in my head. I now have at least one writing project that is not only "shovel-ready," as they…