Someone asked...

Why write now? Because I always have. I'm written quite a few stories (some bad some good and a couple really good) over the last decade or so, but I only feel a couple may be ready for the rest of the world to read and meet the characters whom I've loved dearly. I believe that any feedback is good feed back whether it's good or bad. But great feedback is AWESOME!. Especially when it's from complete strangers who don't have to say they love it because they'll see you the next day and the day after that too.


On one of my favorite book reading / reviewing sites, I met a few fans of PNR that I asked to review my novel. Their praise for my most personal project was very inspiring. I loved that these avid readers found my work so enjoyable. It made my day a hundred times over.


Writing for me has always been a personal creative outlet. It's something I never thought to pursue as a career partly because I thought that since I was constantly told that the other talent (I supposedly have ) was a better avenue, as far as making it in a career goes, and that the chances of getting published was like winning the lottery.


I thought about trying to get published and over the years, I'd done some investigating on traditional publishing but never pursued it seriously. Why? Well...the other talent remember, so my stories stayed scribbled  in a stack of composition books and in my old desktop. But with the emergence of ebooks, self - publishing seems like an interesting route for a person who likes to be in full control and who puts 100%  (no matter how difficult or overwhelming) into whatever she does. Yes getting published the traditional way may be quite a hurdle but when you do it has to be easier in the end when you've got the assistance of editors and copy editors and a marketing team at your disposal.


So why would anyone go the self-publishing route? Probably because they love to write and no matter what it takes, when you love doing something, the grunt work is always worth it. So after discovering Smashwords.com, I've decided to share what I've always loved doing (far more than the other talent) with any reader whose up for some edgy young adult paranormal romance.