Feelings of Guilt

I have finished my book and it's ready to send to the agent. I was told to delete some words because there were too many. Have done that and now editing my last time before sending out the manuscript. I hope I'm accepted by this agent. It would mean so much to me to see my book published. My editor is editing my next book, "Endless Secrets" now and it should be ready for me by the first of the year.

I ready to start book signing and going wherever I have to go to sell my book. In fact, I'm looking forward to it.

It's almost Christmas and since no one wants to have manuscripts sent to them this month I had finger surgery today and typing with one hand. My manuscript should be ready for agent the first of 2011.

GETTING PUBLISHED

I have written two books that are ready for publishing. I am working on the third book now. I have sent my books to publishing houses but it takes so long to hear from them. Publishers that are a traditional publishing company!! I have sent both books to two companies that claim to be traditional publishers but aren't. When they tell me they can work with me but it is going to cost at least one thousand dollars. HaHa!! Do they think I'm stupid? I've self-published one book and don't want to do that again. So now I wait to hear from these publishing houses. Maybe it will prove to be a good idea or maybe I'll be sending my books out to other houses. I will not give up on my books because I know they are good. Maybe I have not written a good query and that is the reason. I think I should look at them again and then send them to the Query Shark to be reviewed. If mine is chosen, that is. If not, I'll rework my query and try again. I have nothing to lose but time. I have plenty of time because of being retired. I live to write novels and I enjoy making up stories to tell, so why not keep doing it.

I have now found a publisher who believes in me and they are publishing "Always an Orphan", a biography about my home, Oxford Orphanage, where I lived from 1946 -1955. I graduated from high school and I started out on my own.

I love my home more than anyone would ever know. This is the only home I claim as I was growing up. I am an 81-year-old lady who has been married to the same man for 60 years and counting.