Authors 8-9------10---if you count me...
I'm working on getting ready for the Scrap Girls Convention. Since I've been sick this week, I've had a lot of time to think about things. (That's a dangerous occupation....)
Anyway, one of my life-long goals is to become an author. I know, technically I am an author. I published a book in 2001 (Up the Down Hill: One woman's struggle to survive major depression
and I have continued to sell copies of it since then with absolutely no marketing. People buy it because I tell the truth in it. I tell my story - how I recovered from major depression and it is helpful for people who are dealing with it to know that you can survive it. So I basically wrote it, published it, and then put up a website that tells people about it. And people do come and buy it regularly. I'm not getting rich off of it, but hey... I'm an author.
I am also technically an author because of Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed movie tutorial programs that teach people how to be digital scrapbookers. I've sold a lot of these tutorial programs over the years because people seem to like them a lot. I am most gratified for that. I like to teach so it works out.
I write at least 3 columns a week for the newsletter with just a few weeks of "re-runs" so that I can decompress my brain a little bit). I am basically writing, writing, writing, writing.
When I feel good and everything is going well, I come out to my blog and what do you think I do? I write some more.
I have a dream of writing some more books, though. Obviously, I have some non-fiction books in me. I can see writing a book in which I will teach people "how I did it" in regards to building Scrap Girls. I think there would be some people would like to know what the process was like, how I made my decisions, how we picked our staff, etc. I have some other non-fiction books in me, as well, and it seems reasonable that at least one of those ought to have some kind of scrapbooking element in there. We'll see.
But you know what is gnawing at me? Fiction. I adore writing conversations. I love how fast the story can move via conversation and how it takes very little to make a big leap in the story line with a carefully crafted speech. I find them fascinating.
Someday, I want to write a novel... or a series of novels. I have an idea already, but I guess I'll have to keep it a secret! HA!
I will tell you a secret though... so lean up close to your monitor so that no one will hear what I am going to whisper in your ear.... Got it? Are you close enough?
Here's the secret: Working on my class for the upcoming Scrap Girls Convention has me all jumbled up. The topic I am teaching at the Convention is dangerous, even for me. It should come with a warning, in a black shiny box with a red bow that says, "Unwrap at your own risk because your life could suddenly alter if you try these techniques!" This visionary topic I'm working on does tend to push you forward in areas you have been neglecting. If you follow them (and yes, they do involve digital scrapbooking), you'll be set off on an emotional, spiritual, and physical journey. The very course of your life can change without you realizing it is happening to you.
I'll have to tell you more later. My night meds are kicking in and I'm having a hard time staying awake. I just didn't want you all to think I'd completely forgotten about you! Nah... I've just had....
1. Computer problems. (One is still at the factory)
2. Health problems. (I've had an ongoing yeast infection since May and it has started to wear me down. The doctor is going to start a more aggressive approach now and I'm hoping that will end it for me. This this one is largely responsible for me being so quiet recently. I've just been doing the work I absolutely had to do for the company and then I'd go crash back in bed. But today was a better day. I got my work done AND a muse with a fun layout to match. And now I'm talking to you! I also made a little progress on my class for the Scrap Girls Convention. It is turning out to be quite a big deal. I hope people will like it. If they don't, they will know - once and for all - that I'm a nut and I suppose there will be some relief in that. :-)
Well, I'm off for tonight. I can't proof read this: Too tired. So forgive the rambling and overlook anything that doesn't make sense, okay? And please ignore any poor spelling and grammar errors. If you could see me typing right now, you'd be shocked that my fingers can still move at all.
Here's a good quote to end on: "No day is so bad that it can't be fixed with a nap." - Carrie Snow
Even though I had a good day, I need a nap. But it's 2:12 a.m. so a nap would be the appropriate thing to do now.
Night.
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I edited this the next day. Oh... I do mix up words a little bit when I have taken my medication!






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