Hello

Hello, I'm Nan, and this will be my blog.

Ever since I was a little kid, I enjoyed writing. I've been writing since I didn't even know how to write. I used to make up stories, draw them, and then ask my parents to write what was happening as I dictated. The first story I remember 'writing' was one for my cousin when I was about three or four years old and she was coming to visit us from Spain. I don't remember what happened exactly, but it had something to do with us playing and spending a good time together with a mystery talking puppet once she arrived. After that, I continued 'writing' small stories like that one until I was taught how to write. 

Throughout my childhood, I wrote (and read) a lot. My stories were rubbish. However, no one told me that (fortunately) because I shared them with like two other humans (duh). Sadly, the habit died, suffocated by the growing mountain of responsibilities that one acquires as one grows up. 

I began writing less and less, and soon I was only feeding my creative monster with works written by other people. I'm not saying that reading isn't great, on the contrary, I need books to live. They're just not enough. I need to purge my creative urges in paper, or in a blog. Plus, I've received some good feedback from people in real life and online, so why not give it a try?

The problem is that I'm lazy. And I'm terrified of people reading what I write.

I don't have enough discipline to sit down and write on my own. I need to have a motivation or I won't do it. Having a blog will be like signing a pledge to write frequently. Doing this will also boost my confidence, I hope. Those are the reasons why I decided to start a daily blog. 

I'm going to try to write daily entries, but keep in mind that I might slip because this is just a creative hobby, not something that adds more stress to my life. They might be about my day, my thoughts, a story I make up, etc. There might be some entries in Spanish here and there also, as that's my first language.

However, there's a few things I'd like you to keep in mind. I will make mistakes because English is not my first language and I would really appreciate it if you corrected me (preferably in a nice way, but if you're here to be mean I don't care because you're just a bitter, miserable stranger hiding behind a screen xo). My opinions might change because I'm still growing and I don't have everything figured out yet. I'll try my best to listen and if my opinion changes because of your arguments, I'll admit it. If a decade from now you're going to be an ** and bring up something that I believed now, that's your problem, boo. 

I'll do my best and I hope you like my writing. 

Love,

Nan.