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Books Read in September

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  One of the things that I noticed around the end of the month was that certain websites did not publish as many articles that they normally publish. I figured that had to do with the fact that it was September, a busy month for everyone. Students are returning to school, some folks are returning to jobs after extensive vacations, and families are adjusting to new schedules.   Well, the only thing that I had to adjust to this month was taking on extra work for Dreamweaver Press. Our editor quit, so I took on the workload of editing all of our manuscripts. Of course, I am looking for a new editor who is agreeable to our terms, or even a new proofreader who is likewise okay with being paid a portion of royalties. But meanwhile, I’ve been tackling those editing jobs and I’m grateful to Chisto Healy for re-editing old manuscripts that he previously edited for another press before it shut down. (Thanks, Chisto!) Unfortunately, we were not able to release two books this month,...
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Books Read in August

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      Before I started writing this blog post, I was thinking about what a rotten month August was. Not only did one friend cut me off after she saw a Facebook comment of mine which she believed was about her (and she thought I was lying when I told her it wasn’t), but I also lost another friend when she lost her battle with cancer.   But then I realized that some good things happened this month too. I returned to self-publishing my books, starting with my children’s book Little Raccoon Finds the Dream Forest . It’s actually the first time I have self-published a children’s book in this size, and both my older son and I spent some time checking it out as well as talking about the experience. (He also writes children’s books and he has one coming out next year.) I’m thrilled with how it turned out and I can’t wait to share this book with other children when I do readings at schools.   Another good thing that happened was that a long-awaited anthology was ...
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Books Read in July

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  The month of July was a very busy one for me. But even before the month started, I knew it would be a difficult month to get through, because July 24 would mark one year since my older brother, Troy, passed away. I am still very grieved that he is gone.   Even so, I had a ton of things keeping me busy that made it difficult for me to dwell on my sadness. Work for Dreamweaver Press is going strong and I have a lot of submissions to get through. We also released another book this month: the fantasy novel  Insights into the Next Realm: Shadows from the Darkness  by Erika Ravnsborg. Alas, as much as I had hoped to get an anthology out this month, it didn’t happen. And Twisted Dreams Press was also busy. We are receiving submissions for anthologies as well as nonfiction books, which we are very excited about. We haven’t published any nonfiction books yet, so we are looking forward to publishing our very first nonfiction title in the near future. Twisted Dreams Pre...
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Books Read in June

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    How is it already the end of June? It feels like the month just flew right by. And already, half of the year is over.   I guess we fail to notice how swiftly time slips away when we are so busy with everything going on in our lives. For this month in particular, there are graduations and Father’s Day.   And for the first time in a long time, we in the Wilson household got to experience both of those events this month. My youngest, Jax, graduated and reached the milestone of moving on to higher education. So not only did he say goodbye to high school this month but he also started taking a class at the local community college. We are very proud of Jax and excited for what his future holds.   My husband had a nice Father’s Day this year. Our oldest and his partner joined us for dinner, and my husband enjoyed receiving his gifts. We also had lots of laughs while watching the movie Kung Fu Hustle .   As for me, the writing continued this m...
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