As a former middle school history teacher who spent 12 years molding the minds of youths who stepped over the threshold into my classroom I gave it up a few years ago with the blessing and encouragement of my family to pursue my lifelong passion…writing. (And to preserve my sanity)
My blogging life started in April of 2009 as a way to take a break from the other writing projects I was working on (a fantasy adventure series as well as several romance stories) and I quickly found that I adored the freedom my blog ‘When a Southern Woman Rambles’ afforded me in that I could ramble on without having to make sure that it followed a plot line. I also love the fact that I can write about things that are silly, sentimental or serious. And it thrills me to know that if I want to, I can fall back on that Master’s Degree in History that cost me an arm and a leg to get and write up a whimsical bit on things that happened in years past.
At first, my blog was all consuming and I found that I was neglecting my other projects and I feared that I might not only burn out my blogging flame but also my desire to work on my other projects. So I scaled down my postings to one a week so that I could not only work on my books but so I could enjoy my time as a wife and mother. And no, I’m not yet published but I dream big and I know that if I keep at it one day a book by L Avery Brown will grace a bookshelf…somewhere.
