Hello Again

Yes, it’s been a while.

If you’re still following, thanks so much for sticking with me.

Writing has been a passion for me, a life-long passion. I’ve been dreaming up stories for as long as I can remember. The characters take on a life of their own inside my head. To me, these are real people with real issues, adventures, and hearts. I’m simply the one who makes them real on the page.

Over a period of five years, I hammered out pages on the laptop at night. On lunch breaks. I wrote thousands of post it notes (in a variety of colors) and somehow managed to organize these thought into more than a dozen books. At one time, my goal was to complete one book. Jes’s story first came to me as a teen in the nineties. Back then, I thought if I could just write her story I’d be satisfied.

But I wasn’t satisfied. Satisfied with the book, yes. Not with the fact her story kept playing in my head. Evolving. Then other characters started speaking. Loudly.

So, I kept writing. I never planned to stop.

A little over two years ago, I got sick during Covid. Since then, I’ve struggled to reach a point where I felt well again. Some days, I struggled to simply get through the day. There wasn’t much writing during that time. I’ll call it my two years of darkness.

I never planned to stop writing for as long as I did. To be honest, I feared never being able to finish another book. After many months of rest and a determination to figure out how to improve my health, I finally reached a milestone. In April of this year, I began to write again.

I’ve had to follow a strict diet. It hasn’t been fun, but I realize now maybe it was an opportunity to improve my life. The experience has changed how I feel about the world around me. I’m thankful for many things I’d lost sight of.

The ability to finish a book was something I once took for granted. Now I feel as if I’m starting over.

At least I’m not starting over alone.

For that, I’m especially thankful.
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Published on July 07, 2024 17:27
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