Please allow me to introduce myself...

Now if while you were reading that title you heard either Mick Jagger or David Clayton-Thomas singing it to you, you're my kind of people - however, I stopped there because I am not a man, I am not wealthy, I do have good taste and relatively few people find me to be satanic in the least.  My best friend calls me Saint Sally on occasions but that is a story for another blog.

I am a writer, I have always been a writer at heart but like so many things in life, I always just assumed that I wasn't good enough and therefore didn't bother.  I'm bothering now and it is the happiest that I have ever been.

I have a book of poetry and four novels - so far.

I am changing a lotof things in my life, the first being that I have turned in my notice at my job.  I have never liked working in sales but I am extremely good at it and the paychecks come with greater regularity than royalty checks.  So giant leap of faith, having faith in myself is new for me.

I play trumpet and have just joined a new band, I still play with another band as long as they aren't marching - bad knees, actually not too bad of a knee and one terrible knee.   Another new experience for me as until I moved to New Orleans a few years ago I had never played Dixieland jazz.

I'm not really planning on going back into professional photography but I have only burned one bridge in my life and it wasn't photography, music or writing.

I'll be back to talk more about my books, myself and my somewhat skewed philosophy of life - it should be enjoyable.  (Life and the blogs.)

I posted on Facebook that I was leaving my job and got nothing but supportive comments, this image captures one comment that I received more than once....

Sally Michelle Jackson, Author!