Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Big Plans for 2013

In 2012 I did some amazing things.  I finished 3...you read that right 3 novels!  All for a series I have coined Heaven Hill.

It's about a MC (motorcycle club) located in Bowling Green, KY and the women who love those dangerous men.

For the first time in my life, I really do think I have something that other people would like to read..  It still needs a little bit of work, but I'm really proud of it.  I'm proud of what I've accomplished and hope to continue to accomplish throughout this coming year.

As I was writing, I hemmed and hawed over whether I had made the right decision in wanting to self-publish or not.  I went back and forth with it for a good portion of the year, especially after I finished my first novel.  I consulted with family and friends to see what everyone thought.  They were all kind of split down the middle, pretty much a 50/50.

Today though, it came to my attention about some of the internet publishing companies (some of them being ones I had looked at) haven't paid authors in a good long while.  Not to mention when authors signed those contracts to get their books published, they lost the rights to their books.  I don't ever want to lose the right to my words.  So....after much more thought than I imagined possible, I'm going with self-publishing.

That means I have a LOT of work to do in the New Year, but I'm ready for it. Hopefully this will be the year that you can get one of my books on your Kindle or Nook!

That's the goal...and I'll be blogging my way through it here...follow along if you're interested!

Monday, December 31, 2012

Welcome & About Me....


For as long as I can remember I've spun stories and written them down.  Even as a child I had an imaginary friend and we went on 'adventures' all the time.  My imagination has always been very vivid and very active.  So much so that I took creative writing.  I read and wrote for fun.  I've always dreamed about being able to make money doing what I love to do and so I've decided...I'm going to take that chance.

I'm a 30-something wife, daughter, friend, aunt, and above all I'm an author.  I'm ready to make my dreams come true and to really give it a go.  Over the last year I've written 3 novels.  This year is going to be about continuing that and making these 3 novels the best that they can be.  I hope that you will enjoy this ride with me and I hope by the end of 2013 I realize that I can make things happen and dreams come true!