Attention writers and aspiring writers:

  Mark your calendars for next year! I had a great time on Saturday while attending the True Lit Festival at the Fayetteville Public Library. I think this was their 4th year and it was fantastic. Not only were there writing workshops, but you got to meet and speak with magazine and book publishers. They had a panel where the monitor asked a lot of general questions and then toward the end they took them from the floor. As an author that has only self published so far, I was able to learn a lot about how to submit my work to and what to expect from a publisher.  The most thrilling part for me was that I got ten minutes to pitch my project to the publishers of my choice.

   I have a dream and that is to write books that someone, somewhere will read and enjoy. I have had limited success as a self-published author, but to go into a local bookstore and see my books on the shelf would be the dream of a lifetime.

   A very nice lady from one of the publishing houses now has a copy of my first book and the first three chapters of the next one. Wish me luck and if it’s your dream to write, don’t give up. I hope to see you next year in Fayetteville, Arkansas at the True Lit Festival.

Happy reading, Linda