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I can remember the day I decided I was going to be a writer. I was in the first grade. It was the very same day I had learned how to read. I remember staring down at that 'Dick and Jane' book and being totally amazed how someone was able to put the words on the page for me to read. I ran home from school that day so excited and full of pride. Not because I had learned to read but because I was going to write books for others to read.
Life has a way of going off course. The whys and how's don't really matter. I grew up and watched the women in my life live their dreams at the end of their lives. I had forgotten
my dream, pushed it back into the darkest areas so that I could focus on
becoming a wife and mother. I took a job straight out of high school, same
job I have today.
When my middle child was in the first grade the subject of ' what will I
be when I grow up' returned. My child came home from school in
tears because they did not know what they wanted to be when they grew up.
I of course, comforted my child. I expressed how when they knew what they
wanted to be they would feel it and I would do all that I could to help them
become who they wanted to be. My child looked up at me with a tear
streaked face and asked ' did you know what you wanted to be
when you were in the first grade?'
I was immediately faced with my own hypocrisies. At once I sat down and started to pen my first novel. Upon completion I handed it out to friends and family. The high I felt from their reviews was so…words cannot express that high. Eagerly I set out to have it published. Hungrily I sought more reviews. Then once again my dream was put on hold as my marriage ended and my life again changed direction. Now here I am ready to rebuild my life, myself. After sending out what must have been the worst query known to mankind, and not being able to get myself published I have looked back inside myself to see the true dream was to be read. To be read around the world by millions.
There are many who frown upon my choice to self-publish and/or offer free reads. Many who feel I contribute to their inability to get published. To them I say…never let anyone stand in the way of your dreams. If your dream is to be published then go for it. My dream is to be read.
Life has a way of going off course. The whys and how's don't really matter. I grew up and watched the women in my life live their dreams at the end of their lives. I had forgotten
my dream, pushed it back into the darkest areas so that I could focus on
becoming a wife and mother. I took a job straight out of high school, same
job I have today.
When my middle child was in the first grade the subject of ' what will I
be when I grow up' returned. My child came home from school in
tears because they did not know what they wanted to be when they grew up.
I of course, comforted my child. I expressed how when they knew what they
wanted to be they would feel it and I would do all that I could to help them
become who they wanted to be. My child looked up at me with a tear
streaked face and asked ' did you know what you wanted to be
when you were in the first grade?'
I was immediately faced with my own hypocrisies. At once I sat down and started to pen my first novel. Upon completion I handed it out to friends and family. The high I felt from their reviews was so…words cannot express that high. Eagerly I set out to have it published. Hungrily I sought more reviews. Then once again my dream was put on hold as my marriage ended and my life again changed direction. Now here I am ready to rebuild my life, myself. After sending out what must have been the worst query known to mankind, and not being able to get myself published I have looked back inside myself to see the true dream was to be read. To be read around the world by millions.
There are many who frown upon my choice to self-publish and/or offer free reads. Many who feel I contribute to their inability to get published. To them I say…never let anyone stand in the way of your dreams. If your dream is to be published then go for it. My dream is to be read.
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