Goodness Gracious

So I'll have to tell you this ... the self publishing journey was delightfully intense! I had to focus, focus, and then focus even more. I suppose the focus was self inflicted. I wanted the book to be perfect, and so I had numerous proof-readers / editors go through it, and I read through it forward and backwards (and upside down).

I'll make no claims to its perfection. It seems that even toward the final days before submitting the manuscript, I'd find an occasional missing quotation mark. But I do think it's in good shape.

When I began online freelance writing last winter, my blog writing slowed down; and then when I got serious about getting a book out the door, my online freelance writing slowed down. I'm still in book writing mode ... and have several things in progress.

I'm writing a juvenile historical fiction work about a boy who travels with his family via covered wagon from eastern Iowa to western Nebraska, based on letters and notes from my great grandfather (who was the boy). It's fascinating ... doing some research to get the right historical perspective. Actually, I was on the 3rd edition of the manuscript/draft when I decided that I may want to expand this into a trilogy ... and now I'm almost two-thirds done.

I'm writing a book on faith and chronic illness, how God provides the peace and joy that can't come from any other way.

I'm written (and need to edit) a collection of short stories / memoirs of growing up (some of those stories were originally posted on this blog).

I'm writing a book of short story fiction ... mostly humorous.

I've got a sci fi novel collection of short stories (or perhaps it'll migrate to a novel) started.

And I've even started a romance fiction piece (light on the romance, heavy on the fiction) that may turn into a mystery / adventure thing.

Don't look for those any time soon, but ... you never know.

Meanwhile, back to writing.
This is fun!