Reading, Writing, and Blogging

    I have been working on a few things lately. I am excited to launch a magazine about Where Women  Write. The second thing I am working on is a how-to book. I am an avid crafter and love to make journals.  Personally, I am unable to spend the $40.00 + on journals in the store. I find it easier to make my  own. This way, I know what I am getting and what I want. It makes it easier to have the journal for what I  want it for. The last thing I am working on is a thriller/mystery book. It is based on the house that I used to live in and how it because my horrow house. I am excited to be able to publish another book this year. It is going to be published later than I thought, but I do not mind. It is always worth it in the end. I wish I  covers to post on here to start launching them all. Still waiting on the publisher. Stay tuned for the covers.  I am posting a recent page I made for one of my journals. Every time I make one, I feel like I cont...

  I am currently in the process of creating a magazine about where women write. I have always been an avid fan of the craft magazines Where Women Create, What Women Create, and Sommerset Studio. My idea for writing a magazine kind of stemmed from there. I personally have an issue with writing at home. I am sure it is due to like distractions, and I am sure I am not the only one who has this issue. The magazine is about finding places where women write and get their creative juices flowing. I really hope I can get several women interested in participating. I know with today's society, it may be difficult to believe people are actually doing something positive, but I can only try. 

Most people can tell when they are in the presence of a writer. We love to tell stories and  always have questions. However, most would say asking several questions is also part of  being  a woman. Lol I have always been a writer, just never realized it until the last couple  of years. This is when my writing career really took off. The funny thing is, they never.  warned  us writers that your stories haunt you at night. It seems like whenever I go to bed,  that is when  my brain never seems to stop. I wish there was a way to record what is  happening in my brain.  I never want to get up and write anything down, because if I  did I would not be able  to actually go to sleep. I believe this is why writers are night owls,  because as soon as your  head hits the pillow it starts. I used to try to have a song on my  mind to sing to myself to  avoid  the surplus of ideas and the need to write stuff down....

Our past should be left in the past, right? Wrong... Why are some people so unable to let go of their past? What keeps them hanging onto it? Why?  All of my books are based on my past thus far. I often wonder why it is that I do that? I suppose in life there are some ghosts that we are not able to let go of. The question remains, how do we move past the ghosts and be able to move on?  My past has felt like it has been a nightmare one issue on top of another. Life just never seemed quite normal. There was always something that kept me down and never been able to move forward. Now, I am not saying that things in my life have never been good I do have some happy memories. One in particular was the time my parents missed my birthday due to a motorcyle event that they went to. They felt bad (mostly because I threw a fit) and took me and my sister to the Mall of America. I had so much fun and got to see a ton of stuff. However, after this I found that things like this continued to h...

  I am going to attempt to start over with my blog. I know that I have been negligent with it, but yea... Life happens.  I am excited to announce that this coming Saturday I am attending my first real author's event. I am nervous, but excited at the same time. I am not sure what I should expect, but I know I am going to make an effort as much as I can. I am creating my own business cards, freebies, and such to keep the cost down, but still making an effort.  Here is a copy of the flyer if anyone is interested. I am scheduled to be in the museum.  I have so many ideas for projects right now, but it has been hard to maintain focus. I want to create a how-to book, and a magazine, and work on a new novel (thriller/horror). I am more in the process of the magazine than I am anything else. I just hope that it launches for me. Keep your fingers crossed.  Until next time... Me