Soulmate Publishing

Well, here I am at Janina Grey's Blog, Round 2. It is my hope that I record reflections here daily, but I will not make any promise to that. My road to writing recovery is long, and when I pressure myself to excel, I fail. So for now, I will take it day by day, enjoying what I do, without worrying about progress.

As part of my effort to reclaim the writer in me, I have taken up with Soulmate Publishing again as an acquisitions editor.

I have to say, it feels good. I'm grateful that Debby kept me on while I took a healing respite.

Now that I have determined I miss the writer aspect of me, I'm trying to reclaim who I am, and I find there are many different parts of me. Putting them all together, or leaving them separate is my dilemma.

What a great time of year to embark on this endeavor, what with Spring Cleaning in the air. Time to organize, revitalize. Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.

So I've reduced the distractions, reused some old poems, and I'm recycling this blog. I'd say I'm literally and environmentally conscious and focused on eliminating the waste that litters my brain. 

Perhaps in the early morning hours, when I find myself tossing and turning and unable to sleep, I can turn here to confront the demons, dissect the dreams, and record the thoughts that echo in my mind. My day life is so busy I'm not sure where else I will find the time.

No one may ever read these blogs, and that is okay. The point is... I'm writing. And it feels good.

So, allowing for a little bit of self-indulgence,  it's time to catch up.

In addition to Soulmate Publishing, I work for YWCA Mohawk Valley as assistant director of communications. I am part of an awesome team comprised of community educators, development assistants, and an amazing boss (or two) who I won't ever have to worry about reading this, so that does not count as sucking up.  It's a great agency, with our mission focused on eliminating racism and empowering women.

With that said, it's been a helluva year so far with the new administration being elected. I've never been more frightened for my children, my country, and our world. It seems the political activist aspect of myself has woken up with the newly elected republican leader of our country.

When I'm not working (here is the part that could sound like a Personal Ad so I will avoid the information regarding long walks on the beach at sunset) I run a Pagan/Wiccan Tradition with my husband and High Priest, David. We do handfastings, last rites, baby blessings, fundraisers, Tarot and magic, along with a drumming circle that never seems to meet regularly.

Our two kids are grown, with Ant living out in Albany, and Allie Rose attending college in western New York. We live somewhere between the two, in a 110-year old farmhouse (haunted, of course) located in Mohawk Valley, with our two cats, Meade and Loki.

I have written five novels, four of which are completed. I've half-heartedly attempted to send them out over the last few years, but I'm very good at self-sabotaging, so I think I am not ready to be published yet. I'm hoping this year I figure out why, and get over it.  My manuscripts span a few genres, with all but one retaining paranormal elements.

Creativity runs in my family, with my dad being an artist and musician, my mom being an artist and craftsperson, and my uncle being an author. My two children are very musically inclined, but they do not get that from me directly. Definitely NOT.

I'm not sure why I am starting this blog up again. Possibly to prove to myself I can write. Possibly to promote the books and authors I am working with via Soulmate. But more than likely, just to vent.

So, in the unlikely reality that someone is reading this and enjoying it, thank you for your time.

If you are reading this and not enjoying it, no criticisms are necessary. I've got enough of that going on in my head already.

Namaste.