Welcome, Brichelle78! Nice to hear from you.
A couple of thoughts: Is it possible that something is wrong with your stylus? I don't know how you would check, unless you have a second eDGe.
The "rotate screen" button on the reader side is actually a switch-between-functions button. If you have a book open and open a journal and/or calendar that button switches between them. Is it working for this purpose?
For writing in the journal, make sure you have not accidentally chosen white for your ink color. Don't laugh -- it's been done!
