When One Door Closes

You know how they say when one door closes, God opens another, well I can say for certain this is true, because I have experienced.   A few months ago the church I was working with the kids at closed it doors, truth be told I think we all saw it coming, but it left me with the ability to go back to Harvest, the church I felt was my home church, and it also left me with more time to focus on Finding Star, which I did, and I even found an amazing editor to look over, Finding Star and after two years of work, on a rather short manuscript, but one with an intense subject matter I finally have put Finding Star, to bed, I am hoping to have it published later this year, as soon as I figure out what cover artist I would like to use LOL...

Finding Star may be completed, but the Baxter family saga is not over yet, I am currently working on the second book in the series called Searching for Hope, and so far it is going pretty well.  I find myself surprised at the direction this book is going, because I asked the Lord's hand to guide me in this one, and I think amazing things are going to happen with Finding Star, and Searching For Hope.  I want my writing to reach others for the Lord in any way possible.

I am also currently working on getting the first segment of Sweet Like Chocolate Up on Amazon, and working on the second Segment of To Write or Die so my writing is keeping me plenty busy.

I am just continually amazed at how the Lord works when we give our lives to him..

God Bless
Michelle

The Writing Life...

“Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of advice about writing, but if you are not writing something you like, no one else will like it either.”
― Meg Cabot

It's been a busy February so far, and that is okay with me.  I received the corrections for Finding Star from my editor, thank you so much for your awesome work Patty Stout Gammons, and now I am looking for a cover design artist, and then I can get Finding Star on the market.  I must say this is a book I am passionate about, and I felt God's hand in this novel.  I could not have written without the Lord's hand.

I have been dealing with Carpo Tunnel Syndrome the price I pay for being an author but I would not change anything.  I am simply going to keep writing, just trying to do it a little more carefully.  I am glad that I have the gift of words, and I am not about to give up on that.  I know the good Lord gave me this gift for a reason.

As a writer I have been doing a lot of reading, and I have come across some awesome books, Candace Calvert, Tricia Goyer, Nancy Mehl, Tedd Deeker and so many other awesome authors.  I am grateful that I have been able to read such awesome books.  I could not be the writer I am if I were not a reader too.

May God Bless You
Michelle!

The Joys of Being A Writer...

I am a writer first and foremost, so I guess it should not be surprising that off and on I have had issues with Carpo Tunnel, but after the pain became so bad I could not tolerate it, I decided it was time to take a more proactive role in dealing with it.  I can't exactly just forget about it...I mean the pain is very real, and it affects the function of my dominant hand...Still I would not change what I do for anything.  I am a writer, and the pain in my wrist, literally is not going to change that...

I love what I do and despite the pain I am still writing though not as much as I would like I just can't stay at the computer as long as I would like, but I am going to work on Finding Star in the next few weeks, final edits, and I am going to do my best.

I can say one thing I must admit I would like to spend more time boosting sales on my print books and my Kindle books though truth be told my Kindle books seem to be selling better than my print books, but I am going to do my best to keep the sales going on both...

I have discovered too that the Baxters story, will not be done with Finding Star, it seems Hope has her own story to tell and in the next few weeks I will start working on her story as well...

To Be Continued....

A Day of Sorrow

My heart breaks today, it is hard to put words into the tragedy that is today.  So many are asking why God wasn't there, but I believe he was, and he is hearing us, it is just a tragedy we can't figure out.

Twenty innocent children dead, several teachers, the shooters own Mother, and the principal of the school.

This is supposed to be America, Kindergarten classrooms are supposed to be safe, but not today, and it has us all wondering, and praying.

My hear and prayers go out today, for all the innocent lives taken today, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton Connecticut, and for the lives taken by those affected by the school stabbing in China.

What is this world coming to?

Lord we need you now more than ever...

The Start of Something Big?...I.E Finding Star

Well I am finally back online after my other computer started eating files, and acting insane.  I took it in, and got a better replacement.  You've got to love warranties right? 

Unfortunately Finding Star was partially eaten as well, but because I had the insight to send a copy to myself via email I should be okay.

I started out the New Year by Spraining my ankle due to a ditch my landlady decided to dig, and not cover after doing whatever it is she was doing.  Still haven't figured out what that ditch was for, but spans the majority of my yard, so it's not easy to just step over.  I tried that, ended up stepping in and spraining my ankle, so I have been laid up for a bit now, it's slowly mending, but I have to move with extreme caution and it is tender.

I am discovering things about Star I never knew, as I continue to work on the final edits of Finding Star.  I have been spending a lot of time on this project, because though it is not a long piece of work, it is in fact full of subject matters that are hard to tackle.  Child marriages, Incest, and others amongst them.  This is a work of Christian Fiction, but it deals with some pretty tough realities, but when it comes down to it, I think it also speaks of God's grace.

I have other projects I plan on focusing on in 2013, but right now this is the one that is most on my heart.  The one that I feel needs to be told.  Star has something to say, and I believe that in this story, that is exactly what she does, she tells her story.  As well as her sister Hope!!!


Until next time, I wish you all happy writing, and Happy Reading

May God Bless you...

Love Michelle~

Blogging my Wip: The Price I Pay

Writing can be murder.  Especially when you have disgruntled fan, who wants you dead! 

Myra finds this out the hard way, when being a Christian Mystery Author turns out to be a reason to fear.

This is not one of her novels, this is her life, and it is becoming a living nightmare.

She can still hear the gunshots, still feel herself collapsing, and then nothing, nothing until she wakes up in the hospital.

Dear Lord, why is this happening to me?

Obviously I am working on another book, actually the idea for this one happened a couple of years ago, but I got so busy with Finding Star, which I will be working one last time, to make ready for Kindle, and because I am so passionate about this book I have good feelings of where the story in Finding Star may go.

Have my other writing friends had a Character like Star, or like Myra one that sticks with you and begs to be written, and then when you find the story is done, you actually grieve over the loss.  Perhaps that is why I hate killing off my characters, because in my mind I may as well be killing off my loved ones.  I believe it was Anne Lamont who described writing like giving birth, the character is inside you, you create it, and watch it grow, but sometimes something goes wrong, and you have to let that character go, you have to write the story in the way the character directs you.

My fans notice I write a lot about people with disabilities, because that is a subject matter I am passionate about, because I want to show the world that just because someone is a little different, just because they use a chair, can't hear well, can't see or whatever the case maybe, does not mean they do not live a full active life.

In the Marishka Tanya Alexei series, the main character happens to be a cop, who just happens to be in a chair, but she can still bring the bad guys down.

The Price I Pay is still a work in progress, but I have a feeling Myra will have a few tricks up her sleeve.  I am just really starting to get to know her, and understand her character.  And I know th lord is her strength.  Just as he is mine.

Well friends, Happy Reading, and Have a Very Merry Christmas, may you be blessed with many books, Kindles and Nooks!!!

God Bless
Michelle

That Time of Year Again

Well I made it through Nano in November, and had a lot of fun, when all was said and done, I ended up with eighty five thousand words, and that felt good I must say. 

I had my thirty fifth birthday on November 25th and got a Samsung Tablet which I must say I love.

The boys (my friends kids who are nephews to me) and I decorated our tree this weekend.  The boys did the majority of the light.  Mikey age twelve strung up the lights, and did a good job of it, and Ethan age six helped with the bulbs and the garland.

Well I guess I should get back to writing, something other than this blog LOL!!!!

In Christs Love
Michelle!