Welcome to my blog. This is something I enjoy doing. Talking to all of you about upcoming books and subjects that touch your heart and move you to read a good story. When I read something I like, I can't help but favor the author for putting out a book that make me feel good. When I wrote The Girl in the Closet, I was afraid to write something so disturbing. A subject like child abuse is not something anyone likes to read about. What if that person became the owner of a large corporation or built a business by themselves working hard to accomplish what they set out to do? We praise anyone who goes through hell and comes out winning. I am such a person. For many years I was not treated respectfully or liked. I was a good person but had a bad reputation in school for being annoying or just plain ugly. I wasn't an ugly girl or annoying. I liked to sit on the sidelines and watch what others did to gain happiness or what they did to gain friends. Because of my home being a war zone, I never knew how to be successful or get friends. I remember a deaf girl I knew. I was in middle school. She couldn't talk well and no one liked her. She was so nice to me and I learned a little sign language. She was so happy I wanted to talk to her even though my sign language was not that good. She tried to teach me some signs and we became good friends. I was picked on for liking her and she knew that. She assured me that she wasn't here on earth to please people. She was going to be herself and prove she can make it in the world without them. She asked me to do the same. I'll never forget the talk we had. She told me she doesn't get sad when she is picked on. She is better than that. She would always remind me to smile through the good and bad. I think of her when it gets hard for me to just laugh off the bullying and the smirks people love to give. Fear was something I lived with most of my life. There were times when I thought I would never recover from the things I went through. I had to listen to myself and believe I was going to let my light shine. The popular kids were never my friends. I have always wanted them to like me. But why? What can they do for me? I have to find my own way to be happy without thinking some people are who I need to fulfill my dreams.
When I am picking out book covers, I am looking for emotion and what attracts a reader to want to know more. I love to use beautiful faces or colors to announce a book I worked so hard on. When I first started out, I wasn't good at picking fonts or pictures. I had to learn what the public wanted. I had to learn from other authors and see what they were about. Some book covers are busy. The fonts are too big or bold. I wanted an eye catching photo showing what someone is feeling. It took me two years to learn this on my own and it is paying off. When I choose a name for my characters, I put a personality to that name. What do they look like, what do they love, what makes them who they are? I take into consideration all the features of that person. Writing passion takes time for me. Not because I can't do it but because I have to feel the emotion of the character. What is she ready for? How far does she want to go? How can this person build trust? I love the people in my stories. They have a goal. They know what they want and they are going to get it.
I am campaigning some ways to get the word out that I am here. Check your Google searches for me very soon. You can find me online but we are going to extend it further so you can read my books and get to know me. You can start off by reading Divided Mountain. This book has so much description and heart. It is going to be featured and so far, everyone loves it. Find out what the metaphor for the mountain means and how a woman gets what she deserves.
I'm working on some new projects so I hope to be blog again very soon.
Happy Reading! 😀💕
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