Not all of us begin with dreams and aspirations to become writers. Mostly we think it would be nice. I have always had a passion for writing and stories hidden somewhere inside of me, but it is recent circumstances that have allowed me to pursue my writing.
To start off, I went to college and got a completely different major in Biology. Then, I was offered a job as a research technician directly out of college as well as began coaching soccer in my spare time. Even with a busy life, I found the time to write my first book. I sent letters to agents (like most people do) but to no avail. A few responses and very little interest left my book sitting on a flash drive buried in a desk. I was not upset. It was my first writing job and people rarely get it right the first time.
So I dropped my dreams of writing opting to live life with the cards I was dealt. Then I got engaged to the love of my life and in that you must decide to pursue a career or to live with your love. So, like any hopeless romantic, I chose love. Marrying my husband in essence means marrying his career. This career is also known as the military and that meant moving a lot with out the ability to settle down into my own working career.
Our latest move has landed us in beautiful Hawaii. Not only that but life dealt me another card and I am expecting our first child! I love the cards I am holding, but one card that doesn't fit right now is a full time job. This is where my love of writing enters. A book idea three years in the making and created in my head was my setting. Now, after a year and a half of scribbling in spiral notebooks creating characters and a surreal world somewhere between reality and fiction, I have found my first book.
After reading through it making my own edits, I have now left it in the hands of a secret group of close friends to read and give me their honest input. Some would rest after this point, but I can not rest. The first book is only the beginning and the life goes on for my main characters. So I write. I write with a flourish knowing that everything in my mind must make it to paper.
I am fortunate to pursue writing. I am happy for this baby who slows me down from working out so much and getting a full time job thus allowing me to bring my book to life. Totem is the first book. With Fleur-de-Lis hopefully following shortly in it's shadows. I am looking to independently publish both to Kindle in Spring/Summer of 2014.
But now it is bedtime! Good night world!
Until I write again,
EM
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