We made it! Today is the last day of the challenge. I’ve enjoyed writing these posts and hope you have enjoyed reading them, too, and that in the process, you’ve learned a bit about me, my writing style, and my books.
My last post for Z this year is Did You Know that with all of the authors and books out there these days, an Indie writer has to be zealous about her craft? Zealous means to be devoted, diligent, enthusiastic, passionate, fanatical about something. It means sacrificing and sweating over it, and spending countless hours on it.
As a writer, I am all of those things. I put in hours at the computer writing, researching, reading, blogging, doing anything I can to get my books noticed. When it comes to facts about histroy or locations I’m fanatical about getting things right. I may get down on myself every now and then because what I believe is an incredible book isn’t making it, but I don’t give up. I simply switch gears and try something else. I start each new book full of zeal and hope that this one will be the one.
This is it for the year. If you’ve enjoyed my posts, follow me. I don’t post every day, but I do announce new book releases here.
Hi! I live in Eastern Ontario. I'm married with three adult children and five wonderful grandchildren.
I prefer warm weather, and sunshine but winter gives me time to write.
If I’m listening to music, it will be something from the 1960s or 1970s.
I enjoy action movies, romantic comedies, but I draw the line at slasher flicks and horror. I love science fiction and fantasy as well.
I love to read; I immerse myself in the text and, as my husband says, the house could fall down around me, and I’d never notice. My preferences are as varied as there are genres, but nothing really beats a good romance, especially one that is filled with suspense. I love historical romance too, and have read quite a few of those.
If I’m watching television, you can count on it being a suspense — I’m not a fan of reality TV, sit-coms, or game shows.
Writing gives me the most pleasure. I love creating characters that become real and undergo all kinds of adventures. It never ceases to amaze me how each character can take on its own unique personality; sometimes, they grow very different from the way I pictured them!
Inspiration comes from all around me; imagination has no bounds. If I can think it, imagine it, I can write it!
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Living the Dream 
Congratulations on finishing the A to Z, and good luck on all your writing endeavors.
Alphabet of Alphabets: Zebras
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