Chapter 7

I'm excited to say I've passed a never - before- reached milestone: chapter 7! I've never come this far in a story in my adult life since I've been actively living out my writing career. It was amazing to see that number on my computer yesterday.

I can't wait to reveal my story. I can't tell you right now because I am sworn to silence by someone in the story. He threatened to leave the book if I blabbed too soon. And if he leaves the story, then my book will fall apart. So I'm trapped!  But I promise I'll tell you as soon as he let's me.

Be sure to stick around so you can be the first one to hear more details.

Thank you to everyone who has supported me over the past three years!

The Easy Route

Amanda Hocking said that when she was young, she thought writers were boring, so she saved writing as her "safety career" in case a different one didn't turn out for her. Although I can't say I ever thought writers were boring, I found her thoughts funny. I've always looked at writing as a very romantic career. The idea of struggling away over a novel, quarreling with an editor and having my own book signing has always been very enticing to me.

Nowadays I don't go for the "struggling" thing so much. I prefer things to be easy. I know life can be hard sometimes, but I don't think it was originally meant to be hard. So i look for the easiest path to get to where I want to go. I look for that Helping Hand, if you know what I mean. Were we not given dreams by a Higher Power in order to live them out? Would not that Higher Power show us the best route to get us there?

Today I'm enjoying another day on that route to my writing dreams. Although I don't call them dreams anymore. I call them my reality.

I'm excited to tell you again about the story I'm working on, Protecting Innocence. It's in the YA division and it's going to be AWESOME. I'm so excited about how fun it is to write the story. I believe whatever I invest my time in doing, it should be fun to me in some way. I'm very grateful to have found the fun in writing again after a ten year absence from fiction and a three year effort of getting back I'm to writing.

Thank you to all who support me. I'm grateful for all your encouragement and can't wait to reveal more about this book.  Thanks for your interest and for reading my blog. Have an awesome day!

It's a New Year

It's a new year!  And new years call for new things like changes to your life.  I am making the change from talking about what I want to do to DOing what I want to do.  So here is a list of some things I will be doing this year (don't know how they'll happen, but...).

1. Writing full time

2. Making my living off of writing alone

3. Loving every moment of it

I'm excited about the book I'm working on, Protecting Innocence.  I already have a carrier for it.  Her name is Deborah and she has a shop called Simply NC, where she carries all things made in North Carolina (where I live).  This story had flowed for me from chapter one and it's still going.  I plan on self-publishing it via ebook format and print.  Deborah challenged me to have the book finished and in her store by Easter.  I can't wait to see it in print.  I also can't wait to see it in ebook form.

If you check earlier posts in this blog, you will see a lot of ups and downs.  While perhaps downs cannot be avoided, I decided to add more ups to my life.  And one of those is going after my dream of making my living off of writing and writing full time.  I'm excited about doing this.  Some other amazing people in my same situation have already done it.  I can too.  Hearing their stories is so inspiring.

So, next thing I have to do is finish the manuscript.  I love working on this story.  It reawakens the feel of emotions that we tend to put aside as adults in the name of maturity.  Writing about the life of a teenager will do that to you.  I never thought I would write a YA book.  I never cared for them in the past.  They always seemed too light and unrealistic.  But for some reason, they are exactly what I need right now.  I have been reading Amanda Hocking's Watersong series and Kiera Cass's Selection series.  I also have borrowed from the library the famous Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer.  (I think she's the only Stephanie I've see with an e instead of an a.)  I'm also reading Amanda Hocking's blog, starting from the beginning before she was published.  Now that's an inspiring read!  Google her.  You'll be amazed at her story.  Self-published millionaire is the line that pulls you in (especially if you're a writer!).

Thank you to everyone who is reading this, and thank you to my friends and family for the years of support you've already given me.