MAKING TIME FOR MORE

There are so many tools and resources available to an independent author to help market, publish, and hone your creativity and skills. However, if not properly managed it can become overwhelming and you lose focus on the primary goal...writing. Since publishing Reflections of Promises I have received various emails, Facebook inbox messages, direct messages on Twitter and other social media sites about various options to explore. Many of them have provided me with valuable lessons and abundant knowledge; however, there are still so many links and resources I have not had time to explore. I feel sometimes as if I'm falling behind on my studying of the industry, then I have to take a moment to reflect.
I reflect on who God created me to be; I reflect on how I arrived at this place in my life; I reflect on how I feel when I'm doing what I want to do the most; and I reflect on the purpose of it all. I love to write, I always have even before I began writing complete stories, I would write names, make up families and attach ages and short stories about the family to the names. I began to explore ideas about the families and created many stories that I never completed. As I prepare to release REAL SECRETS, I reflect on the other stories waiting to be shared. And I realize I have stories within me to tell. Stories that are revealed in watching everyday life, stories revealed through experience, heartache, and pain. Stories that anger, stories that excite, stories that heal, stories that entertain, and stories that touch the human heart and emotions. And I realize I have to reflect on something else...making time for more. Making time for writing more stories, making time to explore more story ideas, making more time to read, to listen, to create, and to share. 
Regardless of how busy I become, writing continues to be my outlet, my source of peace, relaxation, and healing. It is what I come back to at the end of the day and I always want more and will always make time for more...more writing and more of me. 
JUST A PIECE OF THIS WRITER...
C. MICHELLE RAMSEY