I Wrote a Book

 I apologize to all of my readers for the delay in posting!

It was for a good reason: I wrote a book. 

I know I have a big thing about not monetizing this site. I stick to that, but since this is my own work, I will link to it.

That said, I must share the story of this book.

As I may have mentioned, I've been unemployed since March. After some self-examination, I decided that I was going to change occupations. Bookkeeping became overrun during Covid, and didn't seem to fit anymore.

I built my list. You know, the list, right? The list of things that I wanted from my new profession.

Can I just side note here and say that this was the first time I had ever done this? Build a full list of what I wanted from a job? I mean not just salary and hopefully decent insurance. Gen X people were not taught to make a list, ok? We were taught to be grateful that anyone would hire us and mostly to hope for a commute that wasn't a death sentence for our life outside our 'j.o.b.'. But, in reality, most of us just take whatever satisfies the financial requirements.

Anyway, with my first very specific 'list' in hand, I began to pray.

During my prayers one word kept going through my head, "How"?

I literally had no idea. I'd been in survival mode for so long, I didn't know how I was going to go after what seemed like a pretty big ask list; not with my undocumented skill sets. Definitely not in a new field that would require degrees or portfolios or both.

 To satisfy my list, I decided that I needed to go into something in the computer field; so, both. How do I pull this off? I do some research, I decided on a certificate program that looked attractive. I was confident that this was my 'how'.

It was Thursday and I decided to start the next Monday to take advantage of their first seven days free trial offer. I told everyone I knew about my plans over the weekend. I was enthusiastic, they were enthusiastic. I had my game plan.

That Monday morning, with coffee in hand, I kissed MyMan 'goodbye' for the school day and I entered the office ready to dive into learning. 

I sat down at my desk with the full intention of opening my browser.

The next thing I know, I have MS Word open...

I don't even know how long I was in the office, but I stumbled out of it with the original rough draft of twelve chapters completed.

Now, I've been writing for years; but never have I ever written twelve chapters in one sitting. 

Ever.

Writing a book had been a big lofty goal for many years, but honestly, I didn't think I had it in me. I have more discarded first chapters of the same two books I'd previously tried to write than I have blades of grass on my front lawn.

This book was completely unexpected. From the subject matter to the writing itself; it flowed from me with an ease I could not have imagined on my best day.

Well y'all, the paperback version of my 'unexpected' book dropped on Amazon today.

Kindle (available for pre-order now) and Ebook versions drop on Monday.

I am officially a published author.

I've already been gifted the 'how' of the second book, and the subject matter for the third.

Apparently, writing is my new direction.

Who knew?

God. God knew.

Hallelujah!