Where have I Been?

Where have I been?  Great Question.  My poor blog, stories and loyal readers have all felt abandoned.  And, that is right for them to feel that way.    I am sorry.


What happened?  Real Life. 

Financial concerns suddenly weighed heavier than anything.  While, like many, I have written for years and shared selected pieces with others, I also keep much of my personal life private.  While I write for fun, I have always wondered if anyone would actually pay for things I had written.  Circumstance forced me to test the waters and frankly I was surprised by the way my pieces have been received.  This caused me to refocus my time and efforts to take advantage of the interest.  Therefore over the last 5 months I have been heavily focused on writing and finishing a number of stories I had worked on and not published.  It was necessary to firmly test the reading interest and to have a quality product to publish since I had no interest in a poorly written piece of junk.


I thank any readers here who have supported my writing.  I am spending my time writing books in a number of genres and will be testing the waters with a couple of mysteries.  As I have described in the past, I write many stories in parallel at one time.  I am spending most of my time at the moment writing and I enjoy it.  There are ten books on Amazon at the moment and I have added links on the right side of the page.


Of course, I have not focused as much time on my free stories due to trying to build a base of material on Amazon.  I have not forgotten or abandoned the work.  I love the concept of Car Seat and have been thrilled by the response of everyone who has read and supported the story.  I have written extensively to carry this story forward.  However, I had to stop.  The next section which I had a lot written for traveled a path I was uncomfortable with and felt veered from the characters I had previously created.  I have paused thsi work and plan to totally rewrite the section before publishing it.  Ther is no timeframe.  Sorry.

As for other stories, I have tidbits written, some of which are extensive.  However, I write in sections or events.  This means I often complete a future section I know I want in a story and then go back to fill in the path to get there.  Because of this, it makes no sense to publish the unfinished pieces due to the fact that it will seem jumpy and may not include enough content to carry the story from point a to point b. 

I will be adding something here.  I will look at what I have and see what makes sense. 

In the midst of this I had some health issues which required doctor, hospital and recovery time.  All of these also take away valuable time which might otherwise have been dedicated to writing. 

Thank you for all your support
Daring Diane