Hi, I’m Lisa Kaiser. You know—Lisa Kaiser the Writer. Thanks for coming to my blog! I’m going to use this space to explore issues like writing, procrastinating about writing, and feeling better after having written something.  The age-old worries that every scribbler, chiseler, and scribe has felt when confronting a blank page or stone tablet. Don’t worry—I’ll be sure to write a happy ending for all.

Folks often ask my why and how I became a writer. I can’t say I was always driven to do so. I loved stories, but so does every kid. I wanted to be a poet, though, and was able to publish two poems (age 7) in the local newspaper. And I wrote a journal of our family vacation in Florida on a memo pad, so I guess a slight talent for observing and reporting was already bubbling up to the surface. But I can’t say that I was encouraged to keep writing—and certainly not to become a professional writer. I was told that “writing is the most egotistical act one can undertake.” And as a nice Catholic girl, I knew that pursuing anything smacking of ego was going to land me in the confessional for a long, long time.

So that was that.

Fast forward to a recession and a lack of opportunities, and a love of taking photos that needed captions, and the realization that if other people could do it, so could I. Egotistical, sure. But at this point I no longer feared darkening the door of a confessional.

I promise that my future blog posts will not be so egotistical. Thanks for reading!