The first question you ask yourself when beginning a blog. Why am I doing this? Do I really have something to offer? Is my skill appropriate to tackle it? All these and more bug me as I sit here writing my first blog.

That last statement is not completely true. I’ve begun blogs in the past. Hell, this one might not even stick, although I’m hopeful. The reason I think I’ve failed in the past is expecting too much from it. A blog was always a means to an end, and when that end didn’t come fast enough it was easy to forget about and move on. Now I’m hoping it will be more a means to a beginning.

Writing for me began when I was young. I grew up in a religious family where we took Sunday rest seriously. Video games were off, no movies that did not have religious context, and no going out with friends. Sundays were a day we spent together as a family, even if that spending together was in our beds trying to figure out a way to occupy our minds without our usual media outlets. For me, that was writing.

My story began as a star wars origin story. I’d built this wonderous world where our short green master was once a human that was cursed by someone to eventually become the alien we all recognize from the movies. It was simple, characters all had names that matched the movies, foreshadowing, and there was a wonderful love story between the characters.

I loved writing by hand. I worked hard on my penmanship to have the prettiest words I could create. I look back on it now and can’t read many of the words, especially those that got too fancy. Over the years writing took a back seat to a lot of the other artistic outlets I had. I acted, sang, and even dabbled in drawing. My high school theater was what took up a majority of my time. My biggest problem, I was no good when it came to grammar.

To this day I struggle with my concept of grammar. I’m sure many professionals can barely read this without struggling to break through the many instances of bad grammar. I had to break through that barrier myself, so I keep writing.

Now as a 28-year-old, working for Amazon awaiting my time to begin Air Traffic Controlling I’m writing again. My story has developed into an entire world full of history, culture, and war. I imagine as J. R. R. Tolkien was creating the world of middle-earth he felt the same passion for that world that I do of the one I’ve created. Each day as I develop it more I hope to give these characters a life outside of my laptop. Maybe one day.

For now, I write here. Here I will post my journey as I continue to build this world. I’ll share thoughts of what is shown and what is behind the curtains of the story. How issues of the day are inside the story and even how my beliefs affect the story. Sometimes I’ll even share why I believe a story can contain ideas that are contrary to my personal beliefs.

So, welcome to my journey, and come along if you’d like. I can’t say every moment will be an adventure, but why risk missing out.