Category: Writing Journey

This year is going into my sixth year of self-publishing. I haven’t made it to where I want to be, but I feel like I’m finally getting my feet under me. I know what I want out of publishing and am ready to keep moving […]

Publishing one book was a dream come true. Then I began working on the second in the series. I already had forty-five pages written from a couple of years ago, so I had something to work with. The publishing process for “Reawakened Flames” was full […]

Once I decided to return to self-publishing, I took a hard look at my book. There was a lot that needed to be changed. I wish I had done everything more correctly the first time, but that’s the nature of self-publishing. When you are trying […]

I came to the conclusion that if I couldn’t get “Reawakened Flames” going with self-publishing, then maybe I had to publish it traditionally. I thought I wasn’t cut out to be a self-published author. So, I started learning about traditional publishing. I prepared a query […]

Early in 2018, as my life was consumed by health anxiety and depression, I had the nightmares about the wierllings and the girl trapped on top of the tower. You can find a detailed account of the nightmares in “Reawakened Flames.” The dreams stuck with […]

I wasn’t always sure what I wanted to be when I grew up, but I knew that I loved writing. I love books and good stories. It’s something I am naturally drawn to. We had big pieces of computer paper at my house, and I […]