TALK ABOUT IT TUESDAY

This journey to becoming an author has been an interesting one. I would venture to say it has been like nothing else in my life. It is a labor of love and a passion that compels me to strive for excellence. However, as with anything we have to learn, we have to make our failures, and we have to dust ourselves off and try again.
 
The first two books that were published, my husband and I went with a small publishing company. How quickly disappointed we were to learn they would do nothing for us, except make the eBooks available on various sites. 
 
After talking with a few authors including, Chicki Brown, I soon learned that the services the company was providing, I could do myself. So off I set on my newest venture of becoming a published indie author. With little knowledge of the industry and equipped only with my gift of writing, I was ecstatic. I am always seeking to gain knowledge and always looking to improve, because as my husband says, "there's always room for improvement."
 
So here we were with a third novel, and this time we had it professionally edited...so we were growing in knowledge (still so much to learn). I was tweeting, googling, Facebooking, and doing everything else I could think to do, to improve my online social presence. I even hosted a FaceBook launch party.
 
On to my fourth book (the first in the series), and I'm still learning and growing, and pushing my little boundaries. This time around I had a small group of Beta readers, I integrated their feedback, did my own round of self-editing, and off to the editor's hands it went. While I waited on her, I was working with a book designer. This was another new change we implemented. No more doing our own book covers, we selected a professional book cover designer. We were pleased with the finished product as were the people, according to feedback on social media.
 
The next large change we are making this time is employing the assistance of Tywebbin Creations', Tyora Moody, to get us organized, focused, and ready to launch. Within collaborating with her, we were able to realize another dream, one that I will be announcing soon...but not quite yet. Yeah, I know, I know...I'm so wrong for that. But I promise to reveal it in time if you stay tuned.
 
I have been working for some time now on combining my website and my blog into one convenient site for all. I would love to invite you to check out my website, if you have not done so before now. Take a look around and become acquainted, because that's where Writing My Dreams plans to call home in the near future. It's still under construction now, and the changes that are coming are not visible to the public just yet. But it's my hope that you are in it with me for the long haul, and will follow me as I transition. All of you have been wonderful and such a blessing to me on this journey, and I want to continue it with you as I keep writing my dreams.
 
This entire venture is a brand new experience for us, but one we look forward to embarking on. Once again, we're ready, set and prepared to learn, grow, and stretch as much as we can and see where this journey leads us.

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Writing My Dreams,by: Chelle Ramsey www.cmichelleramsey.com