One of the reasons I decided to write a book and more importantly have decided to stick with it is because as my children get older I want them to know that they can do anything that they want to. It will take hard work but they can be and do anything they put their minds to.
SO...my little 6 year old daughter has started writing her own story. It is so cute!! She has spend a few hours on it already. She is writing it ALL herself, and no, not everything is spelled correctly but it is spelled just like it sounds. She has also drawn pictures for each page. This is definetly going in the scrapbook! She says she is going to sell it to her friends so we can go to disney land!
I think I might be making some little impressions on her already!
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Stop and enjoy life
I'm going to contradict rule #1. They say Rule #1, write everyday but I say stop and don't forget to enjoy the little things in life.
Spring blew through here at 50 miles an hour and we didn't have many good days to enjoy outside UNTIL this weekend. Friday and Saturday were beautiful days. We spent all of Saturday planting flowers, getting the garden ready, and riding bikes. We played outside until it was to dark to play anymore and I enjoyed every minute of it.
Rule #2 associate yourself with good people who can help you. An amazing thing has happened for me. I mentioned before that I attended the LDSstorymakers conference and in doing so I joined an email group called Authors Incognito. People who have never even met me have offered to read and critique my story for me and they have been so helpful.
So my motivation is up today and my goal is to submit my first guery letters in one month!!
Wish me luck!
Spring blew through here at 50 miles an hour and we didn't have many good days to enjoy outside UNTIL this weekend. Friday and Saturday were beautiful days. We spent all of Saturday planting flowers, getting the garden ready, and riding bikes. We played outside until it was to dark to play anymore and I enjoyed every minute of it.
Rule #2 associate yourself with good people who can help you. An amazing thing has happened for me. I mentioned before that I attended the LDSstorymakers conference and in doing so I joined an email group called Authors Incognito. People who have never even met me have offered to read and critique my story for me and they have been so helpful.
So my motivation is up today and my goal is to submit my first guery letters in one month!!
Wish me luck!
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
My GOAL
I have decided to write a children's book. My goal is that in one year I will have a contract with an editor to publish one of my books. As this process actually started about one month ago I will take you back to that time.
I have thought about writing a children's book for some time but it has never been anything more than that - a thought. Then one day my daughter inspired me with an idea for a great story. At about that same time a girl from my home town published her first book and if she could publish a book maybe I could too. So I bought her book and in the back she thanked the LDSstorymakers for helping her. On their website I found out that they were having their annual conference in just 3 weeks. It was now or never time.
Just days before leaving for the conference I watched Julie and Julia. For those of you who aspire to do something more you need to watch this movie. Now I was ready to take on the world, or the writing industry at least. With my notebook in hand I entered the conference room for the LDSstorymakers and soon realized I had no idea what I was doing. I was the little fish in a big pond, except the pond felt more like an ocean. I'm sure there were others there that were first timers like myself but sitting in that large room I felt like I was the only one. I immediately become overwhelmed and started wondering what in the world I was thinking. My spirits were boosted a little though out the day but in my last class they were dashed again. The teacher was telling us how truly difficult it is to publish a children's book. I wanted to give up and I had just started. I avoided my computer for the next two days. On the third day my mind was overflowing with ideas and I just had to write them down if only to make my brain stop. But the ideas kept coming and I kept writing.
So here we are a few weeks later. I still have good days and bad. Some days I research all that has to be done to submit a manuscript and I think, "is this really worth it?" Other days I have so much fun and can't stop writing.
Today is a good day as I start this blog. I will not post everyday as a faithful blogger and writer should do, Rule #1 - write everyday. I have 3 small children and the task of writing everyday and taking care of my children, husband, and house becomes almost impossible. But I will do my best and enjoy the ride.
I have thought about writing a children's book for some time but it has never been anything more than that - a thought. Then one day my daughter inspired me with an idea for a great story. At about that same time a girl from my home town published her first book and if she could publish a book maybe I could too. So I bought her book and in the back she thanked the LDSstorymakers for helping her. On their website I found out that they were having their annual conference in just 3 weeks. It was now or never time.
Just days before leaving for the conference I watched Julie and Julia. For those of you who aspire to do something more you need to watch this movie. Now I was ready to take on the world, or the writing industry at least. With my notebook in hand I entered the conference room for the LDSstorymakers and soon realized I had no idea what I was doing. I was the little fish in a big pond, except the pond felt more like an ocean. I'm sure there were others there that were first timers like myself but sitting in that large room I felt like I was the only one. I immediately become overwhelmed and started wondering what in the world I was thinking. My spirits were boosted a little though out the day but in my last class they were dashed again. The teacher was telling us how truly difficult it is to publish a children's book. I wanted to give up and I had just started. I avoided my computer for the next two days. On the third day my mind was overflowing with ideas and I just had to write them down if only to make my brain stop. But the ideas kept coming and I kept writing.
So here we are a few weeks later. I still have good days and bad. Some days I research all that has to be done to submit a manuscript and I think, "is this really worth it?" Other days I have so much fun and can't stop writing.
Today is a good day as I start this blog. I will not post everyday as a faithful blogger and writer should do, Rule #1 - write everyday. I have 3 small children and the task of writing everyday and taking care of my children, husband, and house becomes almost impossible. But I will do my best and enjoy the ride.
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