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It is hard to believe that I have written 800 articles for this blog in the time since August of 2009 when it all began. Now that I have my book complete and am slowly figuring out how to market it, I find myself foundering a bit. I suppose that is normal when for the past four years my goal has been to finish it and get it published. I am proud of the book but regret a few things. I did not have the money to pay for editors, so I undertook to edit myself....thus a few typos sneaked their way in and I didn't catch them in time. Also there was a bit of flummoxing about my daughter's name. You may have noticed that I dedicated the book to "Alexa, my daughter...etc" and in the book my daughter's name was "Shana"....Because there were some people whose identities I needed to protect, I changed EVERYONE's name pretty much, and foolishly also gave my daughter an alias....while publishing her REAL name in the dedication. OK...No I did not have two daughters and one died. It was just a dumb mistake. Partly the problem was that I wrote the book a few years ago and wrote the dedication just prior to publishing...and so was not thinking about the fact that I'd hidden her identity.
So...nothing and no one is perfect except the Lord and his Word.
I have been looking around for ways to continue to write and possibly to make some small income. I also have been working on a book idea that I had come up with a couple of years ago when I guest blogged on another blog on the topic of "Things I've learned through illness." I think some of the things are absolutely worth sharing so am working on a devotional book for people with chronic illness and their spouses. I'm quite excited about this book but do not look forward to the process of finding an agent /publisher. But unfortunately that all comes hand in glove with writing as a career.
I'm not great at networking....it's a skill I'm trying to develop.
Also please pray for my daughter (Alexa/Shana). She has not been feeling well and I am worried that she may be doing the autoimmune disease route. Of course I could be wrong....possibly it could be Lyme's Disease....so we need to get some medical attention to sort through the problem.
Come back tomorrow as I will be posting an article I've been working on.
God Bless
Cynthia
Yes I know ---this is not the slim-pretty lady on the back of my book. Steroids have blown me up like a Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon. So - as much as I hate to admit it. This is me now.
It is hard to believe that I have written 800 articles for this blog in the time since August of 2009 when it all began. Now that I have my book complete and am slowly figuring out how to market it, I find myself foundering a bit. I suppose that is normal when for the past four years my goal has been to finish it and get it published. I am proud of the book but regret a few things. I did not have the money to pay for editors, so I undertook to edit myself....thus a few typos sneaked their way in and I didn't catch them in time. Also there was a bit of flummoxing about my daughter's name. You may have noticed that I dedicated the book to "Alexa, my daughter...etc" and in the book my daughter's name was "Shana"....Because there were some people whose identities I needed to protect, I changed EVERYONE's name pretty much, and foolishly also gave my daughter an alias....while publishing her REAL name in the dedication. OK...No I did not have two daughters and one died. It was just a dumb mistake. Partly the problem was that I wrote the book a few years ago and wrote the dedication just prior to publishing...and so was not thinking about the fact that I'd hidden her identity.
So...nothing and no one is perfect except the Lord and his Word.
I have been looking around for ways to continue to write and possibly to make some small income. I also have been working on a book idea that I had come up with a couple of years ago when I guest blogged on another blog on the topic of "Things I've learned through illness." I think some of the things are absolutely worth sharing so am working on a devotional book for people with chronic illness and their spouses. I'm quite excited about this book but do not look forward to the process of finding an agent /publisher. But unfortunately that all comes hand in glove with writing as a career.
I'm not great at networking....it's a skill I'm trying to develop.
Also please pray for my daughter (Alexa/Shana). She has not been feeling well and I am worried that she may be doing the autoimmune disease route. Of course I could be wrong....possibly it could be Lyme's Disease....so we need to get some medical attention to sort through the problem.
Come back tomorrow as I will be posting an article I've been working on.
God Bless
Cynthia
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