Mission Complete! Book written, dream achieved!
So, it’s been years and years in the making. Iv’e always written for as long as I can remember. At first, only silly little jokes, and then poems, short stories, and a bad attempt a song writing. I began the idea of Grave Matters in college and I took several creative writing classes, but in the end, it just never amounted to a full novel.
I tucked the short stories away for a long while and just lived life without writing but lots of reading. Horror. Sci-fi. And of course, my one true love, Fantasy! The days and nights I spent with Laurell K Hamilton, Mercedes Lackey, Tanya Huff, Rachel Caine, L.A. Banks, Jim Butcher, GRRRM, and so and so on kept my imagination spinning and my interest alive.
A few years I decided to dust off those stories and take another crack. It was touch and go for so many months that I never thought I’d get past fifty pages without running into a dead-end. A writing book of all things led me to the light. Nothing crazy, or weird, or out of touch spacey new age teachings. Just how to outline of all things and plan!
Who knew!
When I finished the first draft such a weight was lifted that it was like a reignition of all my drive to keep going. Sure, there were rewrites to do and edits to be made, but the fact that I’d finished meant everything!
My first book, Grave Matters, was released on my birthday back on January 23. Now the sequel, Grave Intentions, is coming out this Saturday on May 23! The secret? I wrote a book so long I decided to split it in two, lol.
You can find both on Amazon!
Thank you for reading! I’ve had a few sales, but really the marketing thing is tough to wrap my mind around, but I’m hopefully getting better at it.
Keep on writing!
