Writer or Not….You Were Not Made to be Invisible

I blogged for years.  Anonymous. No name.  No blog tied to my Facebook. Just words, bubbling forth. Deep from the soul.  Uncoated.  Untamed.  Fearless. Real. And now, there is a name, Jen Avellaneda.  The name I’d always hidden from.  Run from. Unowned, because I never wanted to be seen or known….by anyone… Let alone the millions […]

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Confessions of a Bookworm

I must confess. I am….         A want to be athlete.                 Unappointed hostess.                          Embracing outdoors woman. But, at the very heart of who I am….I am a bookworm. For when I enter a wall of books….         My mind dances at the idea of how many people….                 Accumulation of thoughts…                          And multitudes of knowledge represents each wall lined […]

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What Are My Motives?

I sit, fingers curled, floating over keyboard. Screen staring at me.  White with hope of words. Effortlessly, instinct calls me to dart off like a jet, streaming words before me…. ….Leaving trails of thoughts behind me.    But this time…..I want to stop.  First.  Examine my motives. Why am I writing?  Why do I take the time […]

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