Friends and readers… I don’t know why I’m so nervous to share my next big step into the unknown with you. Maybe it’s because I’m about to move to a city I’ve been dreaming of living in since I was a teenager. Maybe it’s because I’m about to re-chart my course to make sailing headlong into unexplored waters and after my dream priority numero uno. And that’s scary. What if it’s all a disaster? What if I left behind a nice place and nice friends and a safe, happy little life just to get chewed up and spat out again? Am I the world’s biggest knucklehead, or what? WHAT IS MY PROBLEM WITH SAFETY AND SECURITY???

Whelp, the thing about me is that I’d rather fall flat on my face chasing a dream than succeed doing something I already know I’m good at. So I’m packing my bags, y’all, and heading to one of my favorite places on planet earth:

A place where a girl can lose herself and find a new perspective…

A place where hidden messages find you everywhere you go…

A place where I’m setting my sights on chasing my biggest of big dreams…

Where am I going? Friends, I have accepted a place at the University of Edinburgh’s Master of Literature Program in Creative Writing. I am moving to Edinburgh. To focus on my writing full time. This is real.