First Blog about my writing!

So I'm a graphic designer, I have been one since I graduated from art school. One of the jobs I had was with an adult news paper. In the mist of my laying out ads for hookers and "massage therapists" I also dabbled in writing erotic stories to fill up space. I was pretty good at it and it came pretty easy.

Well that was over ten years and a child ago. Once I had my daughter all those sexual stories of mine seemed to run away from my brain. I'm sure aiming my attentions at being a mother had something to do with it. But now, here I am, 38 years old and I believe that certain "peaks" have been growing inside of me and old interests have been reborn.

With all the new breed of vampire lovers out there all these new and old books about our undead friends have come out of the ground. Now, I have been a huge fan of our old friend Nosferatu since I was a child, way before all these Twilight, True Blood and Vampire Diaries came up to bat. So now that they have become so popular I am eating it up like a zombie enjoying a brain dinner.

But out of all the books I have been reading... and movies I have been enjoying, I always walk away wanting more. Wanting something different. I would drive home from work, coming up with stories in my head about what could be. More sex, more blood, more modern, more east coast.

One day, I was at work and talking to some coworkers when I decided out loud, "Hey, I think I am going to try my hand at writing a vampire book. Well what do you know, a few months later, I had completed the first of what may just be 4 to 6 novella's.

At the moment I am working on the forth book. I submitted the first one to a private publisher who was kind enough to respond telling me that she wasn't going to pick it up right now. But she was also kind enough to be honest and explain why. Telling me that my idea was interesting but my story needed tightening up and I needed to give it to an editor.

Well a few moments on Craigslist and I was emailing editors in search of the right fit. I found him, researched him and we clicked right away. His name is Rich and he has been so helpful so far, turning my rough story into what I hope to be a pretty decent one, good enough for publication.

I'll let you all know how it's going as you follow me on my journey to writing my first book and hopefully getting it published.

I am hoping my fear of finding it in a Dollar Store some day doesn't happen... I will cry. But we won't know until I try. Wish me luck everyone!