Suite 101 Is a Blast!

Sure, I haven’t been blogging. But that doesn’t mean I haven’t been writing. In fact, I just finished my first writing “challenge” at Suite101.com. The challenge was “Pump It Up: 14 Articles in 14 Days”.

The challenge was a bit daunting... it’s a lot of work to write that many pieces, especially when you’re juggling your writing with a full-time job and other responsibilities. But, armed with inspiration from a recent vacation and the new television season (Finally! Can I get an “amen”?), I put my mind to it and got it done. In fact, last night was the first night I’ve taken off from writing since I started the challenge. And it really felt odd not to stay up writing, although I certainly needed the sleep at that point!

I can’t take all the credit. My husband has been very kind in terms of reading all my stuff, finding the occasional typo, and not minding too much when I disappear for hours to write. I also need to thank Suite101 for being located in the Pacific Time Zone — that extra couple of hours before “midnight” definitely helped me stay on track!

Writing for Suite101 has been great. While I also want to get back to the more informal style of blogging, I’m really enjoying the structure the website provides me in terms of style. It makes the writing more of a challenge; writing as a “puzzle” that I have to put together, just so, is far more interesting to me. Additionally, it makes me think out my opinions on things and develop them further than, say, the “Squeeeee!” that was all I had right after I saw the season premiere of Dollhouse.

And, I might add that the people of Suite101 have been wonderful. A special thank you to Cindy McGlynn, who has been the most patient editor a girl could ask for and has never made me feel stupid for asking stupid questions.

So, if you get a minute, drop by Suite101 and check out the content. Not just my pieces — although I’d certainly appreciate it — but all of the other writers there, too. There’s a lot of great work over there.