OCTOBER 17, 2019
Hello there my friends,
As the title states, I never, "I mean NEVER" imagined. that I would actually write an entire book!
First of all, my English skills are pretty terrible! I have known this fact for major part of my life but have been willing to let things limp along as they were and continue to be. It has not been a great problem, most of the time. Perhaps, when my husband and I were raising children, our own and numerous others, as foster parents, I am sure it would have been wonderful had I been more skilled in the proper use and punctuation of the English language, but parenting aside, I did not ever plan to write anything longer than a check or an occasional letter (both practices that are now becoming, close to obsolete) so I did not let it worry me.
A few years ago I bought my "first computer" and at that time I decided I would write a "short story." Well- - let me tell you, this "short story" has become the "loo-o-ongest short story in history!" Not only in it's approximately 110,000 words but also in the length of time it has taken for it to be written!
I started writing it in the year 2000! (I told my family if I didn't do something soon that I would have to call it Historical Fiction!)
Over the years I have started and stopped, started and stopped and as time went on, the short story just kept getting longer and longer! About ten years ago my computer crashed and I lost the entire thing! Luckily I had a printed copy with most of what I had written up to that point so I slowly re-typed the entire thing into my new desktop computer!
Did that mean I finished at that time. No-oo! Not! I am telling you this girl is a procrastinator if ever was one. If they gave prizes for Procrastinators I would take 1st place and the Blue Ribbon!
But, slowly I have come to believe that Joletta's story deserves to be told. Over the years she has almost become just another family member. Now, finally, although I never dreamed it would happen, Joletta's Dreams is now, not only One book, but Two in One! (I plan for her story to continue.)
Did I become an expert in English skills in the years of writing? I am sorry to say that has not happened, but with some much appreciated help with editing the story is now both, printable and readable!
Joletta's Dreams is being published together as Two parts, One book! Book 1, Joletta's Dreams and book 2, Dream River. IT IS NOW AVAILABLE as either an eBook or in print on AMAZON until the first of January, after which it will be sold through other channels also!
I NEVER WOULD HAVE IMAGINED, BUT MIRICLES CONTINUE TO HAPPEN!!
