who would have thought...

·      my husband would let me quit my career to purse my next dream?

·      I would be able to figure out how to find a publisher?

·      a girl from "south of Seattle and north of Tacoma" could become a published author?

·      3000 books would be on a boat from China heading to Seattle with MY address on them?

·      telling my Goddaughter that I was going to write a book about her would really happen?

·      the counting book I wrote with markers one evening in my kitchen would become the first of a series of board books?

Who would have thought...the answer is not me! But I was wrong.

My husband has been my biggest fan and supporter of me pursing my dream. 

I did find two self-publishers who agreed to publish my books.

That girl from Federal Way has become a published author.

There is a ship somewhere out in the Pacific Ocean with 3000 books, that I wrote, on their way to my house!

Telling a seven year old that she is going to be the main character in a book and then listening to her tell all her friends, relatives, teachers, and strangers...is a tremendous motivator to make you work even harder to make it happen.

A series that has 3 published and 5 more in the can!

I know that I have accomplished so much this year, yet some days I feel like I've accomplished nothing. Shelby's Imagination Station was suppose to be ready to buy in the beginning of May which I thought was crazy that it could take that long and now I'm hoping that it's ready by September. Learning to do something new, something I don't have a clue how to do, something that I've taught myself...well, I guess it shouldn’t be a big surprise to me that I’ve made some mistakes, haven't asked the right questions, haven't even known what the right questions to ask were. But I have learned a lot and know I still have a lot to learn.

I wish I would have started this blog at the beginning of this journey but social media is still on my list of things to learn and master. So hopefully this is the first of many blogs on my journey to become a successful children’s author.