hello holycow81 and tkrulewich, welcome to the LD4all community 
I hope you decide to post your previous LDs in our dream journal forum 
Oh, I think you will be a fan of our garden of creation too, since you list in your interests - writing and art 
I’m not sure anyone has found us by that before … I think you should definitely post in the Sticky: [ Poll ] How did you get here? Part II topic
just wanting to remember your dreams and setting the intention to remember them can work wonders 
Keeping a Dream Journal is a good idea and also allowing your self 5 minutes or so in the mornings to try to recall dreams instead of just jumping out of bed
/me wishes you both luck in your lucid quests 