Welcome to My Journal

[ysabetwordsmith]

Welcome to my new LiveJournal. It will be kind of like a living room adjacent to an office, which is how my house and my life are laid out anyhow. If you already know me, this will come as no surprise. If you don't already know me, my LJ profile is all filled out now, and you can find a general introduction to me there. I have also included my intentions for this blog, including topics and discussion parameters. I am new to LJ as a user, though I've been reading friends' journals for some time. Please be patient as I surf the learning curve.

As the title suggests, I work with words and language in many different forms. I'm a writer, an editor, a reader, and generally a lover of language arts. My house is full of books. I collect famous quotations, and quirky things that people say in conversation.

I would especially like to thank janetmiles, haikujaguar, and ozarque for inspiration and assistance in getting started here.

This past weekend I visited the Greater St. Louis Renaissance Faire (aka the Wentzville Faire) in Missouri. I've been writing event reports about this faire for several years. This time, instead of just passing it around via email, I'm going to try posting the event report here. Watch for that to appear in the soon future.

Comments

[tuftears.livejournal.com]

Huzzah and welcome to LiveJournal! Friend of Haiku's here.

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

Welcome here!

[tonithegreat.livejournal.com]

Hello! I too am coming over from Haiku's journal. I'm somewhat of a wannabe wordsmith and am interested to hear about your adventures in writing.

[puffbird.livejournal.com]

Welcome to LJ!

Another friend of haikujaguar's here... I've been noticing your comments on her picture reel for a while now, and she speaks very highly of you. :)

[kyranjaye.livejournal.com]

Welcome to LJ! (apparently, you have a ready-made LJ-fanbase courtesy haikujaguar :)

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

Yes, and I'm delighted by the networking. I know a lot of you from reading your comments in her picture reel, so it's good to see some friendly faces here.

[kyranjaye.livejournal.com]

It's good to see you in a forum where we can interact with you, too, after all the great things haikujaguar has had to say about you :) The Picture Reel is great, but not so much for getting to know other posters.

[laturner.livejournal.com]

Welcome! I'm a friend of haikujaguar and you sound like a very interesting person. I look forward to reading more of your "colourful lint". :)

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

I'm delighted to hear that! I'm getting a LOT of traffic from haikujaguar and it's wonderful to see so many people I know from there, showing up here. LJ is impressing me with its congenial community and its ease of use.