As you can tell, I haven’t posted in a long time. Life sometimes comes at you pretty hard. With Covid, the world changed in many ways. My focus turned toward my family and work, hoping to come out the other side in a positive position respectively. I found a great tech writing job, which saw us through three tough years. My oldest daughter passed away. She was suffering through a degenerative neurological disorder, which finally claimed its prize.

Raising her for 18 years was a joy. She was my buddy and my princess. The final years saw her body and mental capacity decline severely. My heart still aches when I think about those final moments of her life, so I try to remember the great times. I miss the precocious little four-year-old who loved life and spread joy everywhere she went.

So, back to the present. I haven’t been writing much. I have a few works in progress all to some degree of completion, but the thought of finishing anything and attempting to get published or get an agent is daunting. I love the writing part. I love the learning part. I love the teaching part. I love the reading part. I even love the editing part. But publishing is a different animal than most people understand. You need to be a marketer, a salesperson, a social media manager, a publicist, and a business manager.

That’s a lot of extra skills, and the rewards did not come pouring in like in the Write a Book Fairy Tale.

So, I took a lot of pictures of sunsets over Ogden. I help my family. I enjoy the little things. And eventually, I will venture down the road to publishing again. The time must be right. My kids come first.

Also, my first two books are fun and great reads. One even won an award. Check them out.

Cheers!