My good friend has a boyfriend who has always wanted to own a bar. That’s his dream – the thing he’s always wanted but never managed.

“What’s your ‘bar’?” my friend asked me one day.

“Writing a novel,” I said. “I’ve wanted to for years, and I’ve tried over and over, but I’ve never gotten my act together enough to do it.”

Though novel-writing has eluded me, blogging has been going well for me recently. This month has been absolutely crazy for me, blog-wise. I made the decision to start posting three times a week, and with that (and some social media savvy) came a whole host of new readers, for whom I am so so grateful.

Sara laughedWelcome to my corner of the internet.

I love blogging, and I would love to keep blogging at the speed that I had been keeping up before. But lately, my “bar” has been nagging at me. If I can blog three times a week and learn to paint the nails on my right hand, surely I can write a novel, right?

Well, that’s what I’m going to find out.

This month, I’m taking a small step back from blogging so I can focus on creative writing. I will be posting every Friday for all of April, but I’m scaling back from three posts a week so I can chase my “bar.” This is my big dream, so I hope you will support me as I pursue it and try not to tear my hair out in the process.

Love, Sara Laughed

Sara Laughed

Hey hey! I'm Sara, an American writer living in the Netherlands and working as a product manager.

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