One Year Anniversary
As I approach my one year anniversary of starting this website I get to look back at all off the things that I have managed to accomplish. Despite my very busy life as a wife and mother in the last twelve months I have managed to write and publish two books I am working on two more and have outlines for several more to follow those. I am proud of myself. I am happy that regardless of the numerous obstacles that were placed in my way I did it. It is time for me to set new goals to see if I can reach them as well. So my new goal for this next go round is Balance. Balance was the one thing that I could never seem to obtain. While I am a wife and mother first, writing is my job. I have other hobbies that sometimes I would like to find time to do as well as exercise and taking care of me.
So what I need to do is fine balance. The problem is I have some what of a obsessive personality. I know what you're thinking. Yes I have OCD on top of my MPD. What my family must go through (don't feel bad for them) life is never boring with me around. Anyhow with my obsessive issues I have a tendency to fixate on one thing. I don't like to bounce around a lot I want to work on one thing until it's done. The problem with that is some projects last longer than others. Not everything can happen over night. (Oh how I wish.) I think I may need a schedule. Something where I lay out time for everything. But you can't schedule parenting, it take a back seat for no one or nothing.
Since I am a stay at home mom, I am truly on duty all the time. At least until my youngest starts school (which isn't for at least another two years.) I wouldn't dream of putting her in daycare. I know it sounds crazy, and I have considered it once or twice (in moments of intense duress) but I can't do it. I have two older children who's younger years went by in a blur so when I had child number three (one that I thought I would never have showed up when my youngest at the time was almost nine) I decided I didn't want to miss anything. So I am not. While it may put a bit more strain on the things that I want to do (that is what be a parent is all about.) I haven't discarded my dreams I'm just taking a more scenic route to reach them.
So what I need to do is fine balance. The problem is I have some what of a obsessive personality. I know what you're thinking. Yes I have OCD on top of my MPD. What my family must go through (don't feel bad for them) life is never boring with me around. Anyhow with my obsessive issues I have a tendency to fixate on one thing. I don't like to bounce around a lot I want to work on one thing until it's done. The problem with that is some projects last longer than others. Not everything can happen over night. (Oh how I wish.) I think I may need a schedule. Something where I lay out time for everything. But you can't schedule parenting, it take a back seat for no one or nothing.
Since I am a stay at home mom, I am truly on duty all the time. At least until my youngest starts school (which isn't for at least another two years.) I wouldn't dream of putting her in daycare. I know it sounds crazy, and I have considered it once or twice (in moments of intense duress) but I can't do it. I have two older children who's younger years went by in a blur so when I had child number three (one that I thought I would never have showed up when my youngest at the time was almost nine) I decided I didn't want to miss anything. So I am not. While it may put a bit more strain on the things that I want to do (that is what be a parent is all about.) I haven't discarded my dreams I'm just taking a more scenic route to reach them.
Just Getting Started
So I am just getting started, publishing a book that is. I am so very excited. I wrote this book several years ago with no idea how to go about getting it published. So it sat on my computer collecting digital dust. Since writing that book I have started writing two others, still with no idea what to do with them. What fun I have characters in my head screaming to have their story told but no way to really get out there other that writing it and reading it for my own entertainment. Where's the fun in that? So there I was stuck with what I felt was an excellent story and no way for anyone to read it.
That is until one day I picked up my kindle and decided to do a little reading so I order a new book, not the typical genre I read but lately I have been on a science fiction romance kick. (got bit by the 'Twilight' bug.) Anyhow having already read that series I wanted something else like it. So I bought a book called 'Inescapable' By Amy Bartol. Needless to say the book was awesome so after I read the first book in the series I proceeded to purchase the next one (BTW' The Premonition' Series is right up there with 'Twilight I strongly urge you to read it) . I enjoy the books so much that I wanted to contact that Author, so I went to the last page of one of her books on my kindle and tapped the link to her website. After reading several of her blogs I learned that she was self- published you'd never know it her books where so well done. Anyhow she talked a lot about the process of self- publishing and the company that she used Create Space.
Now self- publishing that was something I needed to know about, seeing as how the characters in my head still hadn't shut up and there was the book that I had collecting cyber dust. And so here I am just getting started and so far the process has been interesting. I am hoping to have my first book published by the end of May 2012. Editing takes time. The book is titled 'Remember Me' it will be the first to be published follow by 'Passion's Storm'. I look forward to getting these and many more books after it. Perhaps there will even be a series in my future but for now my books are all single books. Thanks for reading and I look forward to your feedback and input on the book once they are published. I will post soon about purchasing information.
That is until one day I picked up my kindle and decided to do a little reading so I order a new book, not the typical genre I read but lately I have been on a science fiction romance kick. (got bit by the 'Twilight' bug.) Anyhow having already read that series I wanted something else like it. So I bought a book called 'Inescapable' By Amy Bartol. Needless to say the book was awesome so after I read the first book in the series I proceeded to purchase the next one (BTW' The Premonition' Series is right up there with 'Twilight I strongly urge you to read it) . I enjoy the books so much that I wanted to contact that Author, so I went to the last page of one of her books on my kindle and tapped the link to her website. After reading several of her blogs I learned that she was self- published you'd never know it her books where so well done. Anyhow she talked a lot about the process of self- publishing and the company that she used Create Space.
Now self- publishing that was something I needed to know about, seeing as how the characters in my head still hadn't shut up and there was the book that I had collecting cyber dust. And so here I am just getting started and so far the process has been interesting. I am hoping to have my first book published by the end of May 2012. Editing takes time. The book is titled 'Remember Me' it will be the first to be published follow by 'Passion's Storm'. I look forward to getting these and many more books after it. Perhaps there will even be a series in my future but for now my books are all single books. Thanks for reading and I look forward to your feedback and input on the book once they are published. I will post soon about purchasing information.