In a nutshell...

This is the second reintroduction week: I've been reading with interest so far. Who are you? and Why the heck do you write? and How's it going?
It's like that first day of class, when the teacher asks everyone to say a little about themselves. I used to freeze up on even this minor challenge, but I've gotten better. Nowadays I say:  "Hi, I'm Rachel".... And then, depending on context, "I'm a writer" or "I need to learn how to format columns in Excel," or whatever. Not very colou...