I said for years, “I’m going to write a book.” Then, during National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) I wrote over 19,000 words in 2012. I continued writing in December, January, February and March, 2013. Finally I had written approximately 52,000 words. I read ‘The Fine Print of Self-Publishing’ by Mark Levine. I searched the web for an independent publisher. I chose a publisher and signed a contract. I asked around at church for a professional editor and got some names. I called, and one of them helped me edit my first book. It was finally published in June, 2013. Now, it’s July, 2014. I’ve published a second book and am presently working on a third.
What about you? What are you doing with your writing? Are you afraid of the unknown? I was, too. But my reading and research helped me step into the unknown and learn as much as I could so I wasn’t going into it blind. My goal is to finish my trilogy before Christmas, 2014.
What are your goals? Write them down and pray and move forward. You can do anything you want to do if you check things out and ask others to pray for you and work with you. God cares about our ideas, our musings and writing and poetry and drama. He calls us to do more than write. He wants the world to hear about Him through our gifts and writing is one of those gifts. So, use your gift and get published!