Building a Platform

Some of you may be wondering why in the heck I decided to start a blog. If you know me well, you know that I always have an opinion about something and I'm usually not afraid to share it. But that isn't what is motivating this blog. Actually this blog is the result of an article I read in Writer's Digest about building a "platform." The concept of building a platform is based on the realization that writing is a business. Those of us who are just getting started don't have the advantage of a publishing house to market our work. We have to find ways to let the world know we are out here. So, here I am, working in Central Illinois and using a blog to reach out to family and friends in as far away as Virginia, North Carolina and Oklahoma. Like everything else, it will be a learning process. I am excited about the journey. Feel free to follow along.