Finally, I have completed my first chapter of my new fiction book, "Sarah's Storm". I am so excited!! By being completed, I mean that it has gone from my hand-written spiral notebook, to being been edited once, and has actually been typed onto my computer. I know, it doesn't sound like much but it is a definate start to a long process. I am actually finishing my second chapter, starting my third in my tattered spiral notebook. If I showed my notebook you would be able where I have written the manuscript in all colors of pencils and pens and have "bled" all over it with different colored inks; crossing out silly sentence structures, too much information, or just plain "that doesn't even make sense" sentences.

For all you aspiring authors we must keep on, keeping on knowing that one day we will complete that wonderfully fulfilling process of completing a book. I know, the part with the writing in pencil and ink in a notebook can seem tedious, but with time as the manuscript becomes polished and finally finishes the story that has been "trapped" in your mind for so long and you actually can read it on fresh printed paper---Aahh! What a feeling!!

For all my students--See, even I have to draw and do numerous rough drafts to get to my final piece! I don't just make you do it! :0)