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Amazon, Corey Marshall, fiction, Kindle, novel, The Turn, urban genre, writing
I wrote a book. I co-wrote a book with my friend, Corey Marshall.
We published through Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing.
“Sugar, a gunman for a crime organization is counting down to the day when he walks away to live out the rest of his life, living his dream with….
Honey, the girlfriend of Sugar, fears the dream is nothing more than a bedtime story. To Honey every turn towards the dream is fought with disappointment and heartache.
When a betrayal threatens not just the dream but the lives of Sugar and Honey, together they prove that their love and devotion holds surprises for everyone involved…at every turn.”
I got a text from Corey saying he is sending me an email. I check my email and
BAM…the book we created IS there IS real IS live.
People can buy our book, or get a sample of our book.
I’m still a little in awe. Ok, I’m in a LOT of awe. I don’t feel like this is real.
I gave up the idea/dream of becoming a published author about a year ago. It wasn’t something that I did with a heavy heart. I came to realize that I wasn’t devoting as much time and focus to my writing that I should. I didn’t like calling myself a “writer” because I wasn’t writing.
So I stopped calling myself a writer. I stopped thinking I was a writer. But this book, The Turn, had been finished in 2011. All that was needed was a thorough proofreading (done countless times and still not enough 😦 ), reformatted for presentation purposes and through the wonderment of self publishing I could be a published author.
To describe how far removed from writing I feel…this blog post as been a draft for three weeks.
The book has been out in the world for three weeks and I have only told a few close friends (i.e. my FB friends-the ones that actually read and respond to status updates), and my sister.
My Dad got a printed copy I specially made for him.
A few weeks before this all went down my Dad called me to say “Hi” and tell me he had been reading some of my work and that I should focus on my writing. That I shouldn’t abandon it.
Corey and I wrote the book as such a book 2 and 3 are warranted.
Time to shift gears…
If you know me (or have been reading the blog for a while) you know that May is a very hard month for me (Mother’s Day and the anniversary of my Mom’s death). I didn’t realize that Corey and I finished the book in May of 2011, and it was live on Amazon on May 31st. My Mom was a HUGE supporter of my writing. I think in a way she still is 😉
I WROTE A BOOK!!!!!! .
It is available to purchase HERE.
Until next time,
xo