What’s Brewing – The Coming Out of Ellie’s Window
The table’s been set for nearly a week. The menu’s completed and by late this afternoon the recipes will be ready to be plated. The décor is all about windows, and gifts, and pictures of Ellie Mae St. Clare-Mondary. The only thing missing is the book! But it will be here soon. And so the story goes. First the idea. Then the accepting of the challenge to bring the idea to life. Then the daily discipline of one word at a time, one scene at a time, one chapter at a time until the idea is no longer an idea, but a thing. All that’s left is the waiting for the delivery man to hand me the first copy of Ellie’s Window. From there it’s all about the celebration. For an idea has been conceived. A dream has been birthed. And a child is now ready to learn how to speak, and walk, and affect the lives of many.
Tomorrow night those whose names are in the acknowledgements will gather at my home for Ellie’s Coming Out Party. Some are in other parts of the country and the world but they will be here in heart. These are the ones who read the manuscript as it was being written, who urged me to keep on keeping on with it, and who reminded me again and again that I was simply doing what God had called me to do.
For all of you who have been waiting; Ellie’s Window will be coming soon to an Amazon.com near you! I will keep you posted. And can I say – she’s beautiful! Inside and out. For the next few weeks I will be sharing bits and pieces of her story, just to give you an idea of what to expect when and if you choose to invite her into your summer reading.
Oh I pray that her story will fill you with hope, and wonder, and that deep sense of knowing that there is One Magnificant Someone who sees you the way you really are.
And so the Coming Out of Ellie’s Window begins!
Love and joy,
Sandy
What’s Brewing – The Coming Out of Ellie’s Window was first posted on June 9, 2014 at 7:03 am.
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