Discover this Cover

WiDo publishing just shared my new cover with me, and I'm sharing it with you. To anyone out there that reads my books, thanks, it's finally on it's way.

I'm Still Alive

Time passes like gas these days. But do not fear, the procrastinating author is still alive and kicking.
I have many things going on in my life, but I won't list them. Let's just say that now Mary has left on her mission and Dee is back at college I'm trying to get my life in order.

Heads up to my reader friends! I have two books coming out early this year. I haven't got exact dates for either yet but both will be in the next month or two.
WiDo publishing has nearly got Rescue From The Dust, the second in the Trilogy, ready to unveil.
And, I have nearly got The Debt of Truth, part two of The Gift of Lies duo, ready to load on Amazon. My apologies to those who have been waiting so long for this one.

Cover reveals on both books will be coming soon . . .

2018 is looking like a very good year.

Goodnight Dear Void . . .

As of today my friends Creative Prose Publishing are officially no longer in business. I am now self published.

It makes me think of the movie "You've Got Mail" especially the part where Kathleen Kelly says "People are always telling you that change is a good thing. But all they're really saying is that something you didn't want to happen at all . .. has happened."

I can so relate to that quote. I feel like a part of me is right back where I started and it was all for nothing. The optimistic, logical part of me says to push forward and maybe it's just a blessing in disguise, but my heart . . . my heart is broken and wants to sit in the corner with hot chocolate and a bag of oatmeal cookies reading tear jerking novels.

So many things she says in that movie touch me right now. Like this quote:

I live a small life, valuable, but small. Do I do it because I like it, or because I haven't been brave?

For the most part I think I like it. If I had my "druthers" I'd be a hermit in a cabin or a beach house, writing my novels and sending them out there to make a living for me. I'd only have to come forth now and then to buy food and say hi to my family and loved ones.

I never wanted to self publish. I know that I pretty much hate doing all of the things that publishers do. I want all of the things I get from a publisher, validation, editing, cover art, marketing, to name a few. So I am looking, praying and sending out a few queries. In the mean time I'm keeping my book out there in the void, hoping someone will buy it and read it. I guess that's what it's all about in the end isn't it?

You've Got Mail is, of course, one of my favorite all time movies. How could it not be? It's about bookstores, romance, and new beginnings. I love it even more now because it gives me a feeling that I'm not alone. Other people have speed bumps in their careers and it can still turn out well. Just as Kathleen Kelly comes out on top in the end, I too can pull myself up, put on my big girl panties and push on with my life.

So I'm just throwing this out there to anyone who cares to read it. Soon I will pull out a bouquet of freshly sharpened pencils and get back to work on the next novel. However, for now, goodnight dear void . . .

No Ducks

This week I have been running on left over adrenalin from LDStorymakers. I made it my goal to hit the ground running and not let life get in the way of my writing goals. This blog has suffered a little because I have been working on my book and some other issues that you will be hearing about soon.
Big things are in the works for me, but I'm not going to mention any of them until things are more settled.

This week was supposed to be author spotlight week but sadly I have run out of authors who signed up to be spotlighted and I haven't had time to read any new books for a while. I promise next week I'll have some good book reviews lined up. I have several books on my nightstand that I have promised to review. They look like good reading.

In the mean time here's a poem I wrote eons ago. It's short but fun.

No Ducks

I "borrowed this image from http://fineartamerica.com/featured/walden-ponds-sunset-brian-kerls.html .

Two sunset skies

Two watery moons

Two shadowed hills

Two gliding ducks

One rock in pond . . .

One sky

One moon

One hill

No ducks

LDStorymakers Conference

I'm actually writing this on May 4th as I don't want to be worried about my blog while I'm at the conference. It will post the day I leave and I'll either have something else scheduled when I get back or I'll soon post something then.

Storymakers is high on my radar today as I just got my membership badge in the mail. Woo who! I am officially a Storymaker. It has been a goal of mine since I started going to the conference a few years ago and I'm proud to say I finally accomplished a goal. My book came out in February.

This year at the conference I'll be looking into the classes on self publishing. Sadly, my publisher (Creative Prose) is going out of business at the end of the month. It is unlikely, (though I am working on it), that I will have found a replacement by then, so in order to keep my book available on the market I will be forced to publish myself for a time.

As always I am super excited to go to this. My dear friend Carla and I have made plans for it all year. I've even signed us up to go to a chocolate tasting with a bunch of other authors. It's a way to make new friends and meet some of my online friends that I have yet to meet in real time.

Anyway, wish me well and I'll see you when I get back

They Said YES!

Creative Prose Publishing has accepted The Gift of Lies for publication! My dream all these years is finally working out and I couldn't be more pleased. Doing the happy dance. What more can I say.