Beginning

Starting, awakening, commencing, initiating! This is my inaugural post of my blog To Signify. Why? Why am I blogging? I am in transition right now and this blog is a part of my transformation process. I am a struggling author. I have ideas which erupt and spew forth in abbreviated barely coherent form at inception and remain in this neglected state as I have no time to revisit them. Why? I am a full time student (can anyone say mid-life crisis) and by the end of Spring 2012 will graduate with a BA in English and a minor in Writing. My current term is overwhelming with exhaustive reading on theory, criticism and aesthetics. (My head hurts) I am also in an American Short Story class, which I am loving because I hope to write (and publish of course) short stories, in addition to other forms of fiction.

What will be addressed here? Everything, I hope. Updates on writing or classes; cultural , social or political commentary; random thoughts on what transpires as the World moves from point A to point B! This blog is a leap of faith into the abyss of what I hope to become as well as a reflection of what in my life has brought me to the place I am now.

This all leads me to explain the name of the blog: To Signify. This name was chosen for two reasons. First,it is a term popular in Regency era fiction, which I love to read and hope to write.

Second, and equally as important To Signify means to be significant, make a difference , warrant consideration, matter, count: and that's the best one can hope for in life!