C. S. Lewis once said....
Your never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. A little over a year ago I decided to step out in faith on a new journey not knowing where it would lead to. Today I am a new author, struggling at it but a new author. The journey still leaves questions in it's path each day I continue on. I have never been a patient person. Being born two months early you can understand I was bound to end up that way. The older I get I find the more inpatient I can be.
It took me a little less than a year to finish my first novel and of course I thought I could have it pounded it out in a few months. I loved to write and had been doing it off and on since I was a freshman in high school. Now a 49 year old wife, mother and grandmother of five , along with a full time Critical Care Nurse leaves little time to be creative. The thing is once you start getting older you have all the life experience and none of the time to sit down and write about it. I have never been one to really put myself out there either. I can't ever think of a time that I felt comfortable about being in the spot light. I guess once you get to a certain age it doesn't matter so much of what other's think of you.
It wasn't until I was doing a research paper for college in the last year that I came across a young man that was a motivational speaker. He was college age and spoke to groups about bullying and what you could do to stop it. The one thing that stuck out to me was this, What would you do it you were not afraid? That took a little thought but it wasn't long before I came to the conclusion that if you did something that didn't work out then what made the difference. If you took the chance it was more than most had done. If it turned out well than all the better but at least I tried. When I sold my first book I felt it was enough of a success. The one thing I wanted to see it do is for someone to get hold of it that really needed to see it and that it could help someone find God or to give them the strength to get out of the abusive relationship they were in.
God made us with all types of dreams and gifts and it would be a shame if we never tried to use them . He take the least of us and use it to his advantage as he sees fit and not in our own strength. If it weren't for God I wouldn't have finished my first book and I certainly would not be working on the second of the series. I am not perfect and I don't claim to be, Lord knows I have a long way to go.
It took me a little less than a year to finish my first novel and of course I thought I could have it pounded it out in a few months. I loved to write and had been doing it off and on since I was a freshman in high school. Now a 49 year old wife, mother and grandmother of five , along with a full time Critical Care Nurse leaves little time to be creative. The thing is once you start getting older you have all the life experience and none of the time to sit down and write about it. I have never been one to really put myself out there either. I can't ever think of a time that I felt comfortable about being in the spot light. I guess once you get to a certain age it doesn't matter so much of what other's think of you.
It wasn't until I was doing a research paper for college in the last year that I came across a young man that was a motivational speaker. He was college age and spoke to groups about bullying and what you could do to stop it. The one thing that stuck out to me was this, What would you do it you were not afraid? That took a little thought but it wasn't long before I came to the conclusion that if you did something that didn't work out then what made the difference. If you took the chance it was more than most had done. If it turned out well than all the better but at least I tried. When I sold my first book I felt it was enough of a success. The one thing I wanted to see it do is for someone to get hold of it that really needed to see it and that it could help someone find God or to give them the strength to get out of the abusive relationship they were in.
God made us with all types of dreams and gifts and it would be a shame if we never tried to use them . He take the least of us and use it to his advantage as he sees fit and not in our own strength. If it weren't for God I wouldn't have finished my first book and I certainly would not be working on the second of the series. I am not perfect and I don't claim to be, Lord knows I have a long way to go.
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