Oh hi, internet. Nice to see you again.

Hi. My name is Audrey and I write books. Occasionally I also write short stories, and I’ve even penned a few Best-of-Craigslist posts. In the interest of full disclosure, I haven’t had a writing blog for about seven years, both because I fear stalkers and because taking myself seriously is impossible. For example, my former blog contained posts on topics such as:

• my cat’s roach-hunting prowess
• a mathematical formula I derived to explain to my neighbors they ought to stop leaving trash in my bin
• that one time a paper toilet seat cover violently attacked me in the bathroom at work

I could claim that I’m going to class things up this time around, but that would probably be a lie.

I’m here now because this year marks a change in my career as a writer. After almost a decade of writing novels and tossing my crappy first drafts in drawers to collect dust, a few years ago I finally began to revise and focus on craft. Now I’ve been chosen as one of the 2013 Fellows for the Lambda Literary Foundation Writers’ Retreat for Emerging LGBT Voices. While working on my application, I got a lot out of reading the blogs of former Fellows, so I plan to document my experience this year. Hopefully it will involve more insights on writing than disturbing bathroom incidents (although I do seem to attract those).

Anyway, I stand before you still early in my writing and publishing journey. However it turns out, I’m sure it’ll be interesting along the way. I hope you’ll join me. I also hope you like bathroom humor.