Happy New Year! 2016 was a great year for me. I pray it was for you as well. A couple of highlights include my first rejection letter, all authors have one, signing a contract for three books with Oghma Creative Media, the scheduling of my first book for release in May 2018, started writing my second novel, reconnecting with a great friend and spending some holiday time with her. Truly an amazing time.
Resolutions for next year are taking shape today and tomorrow. If you’re an aspiring author, resolve to write one night a week. Don’t let anybody take that night from you either. If you’re a published author, resolve to write more. What joy it is to create a new world, new people and watch them make a journey we, sometimes, didn’t foresee.
Next week, I get back to revealing more about the characters in my first novel. With this information, it’ll help you understand their actions. 2017 is going to be a great year, and I look forward to spending it with you here on my blog! Just remember, history doesn’t write itself; that’s what authors are for!
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What I’m Reading – Many readers I know like to inquire what their favorite author is reading. At the end of each blog post, I’ll let you know what I’m reading. I may not be a published author yet, but I hope my choice of reading material inspires you to read. I’m up to Commandment and Ethos, section 3 of chapter 2 of part 1 of Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body by St. Pope John Paul II. 399 more pages to go. I’ll be reading this probably for the next two months. I’ve previous read Theology of the Body Explained by Christopher West, but now I get to experience the actual words of the great Pope. I encourage you to read a variety of topics.