Another Switch in Direction

Katherine and I had our weekly FB meeting.  Most of our time was spent on the children’s book.  We wanted to go over what we had thus far, to make sure that the tone of the book was just right… not too hard… not too soft… but just right.

The best part of the night was when Katherine read what we had out loud, as it was meant to be read.  This way I could hear the flow and the ease at which the words played off of each other.  

I have to tell you, it’s the neatest feeling to sit back and hear a story being read out loud.  It gives you license to revert back to a child and have someone else take over for you… even if it’s just for a little while.  You never feel alone on this journey, because you have someone walking along with you.  It’s such a comforting feeling…

Add to that… these are your words being read back to you.  You’re the one that put the words together.  You’re the one that created this little world that’s being shared with others. 

It’s just an amazing feeling!

Both Katherine and I got caught up in this spell… so much so that we started to think about how we can further develop the characters and story for the sequels that naturally flow from this first book.  We discussed what we wanted the illustrations to be and what types of animation we wanted for the movie that will be made from the book(s), and… and… and…

Yes, we did manage to climb down from the clouds on which we found ourselves.  By the end of the evening, we were back to (our form of) reality.  First, get published... then start thinking movie deals. 

It is interesting to think that this children’s book may be the most marketable of the three.  This may be the one that starts our careers as published authors.   We may have stumbled on our recipe for success, without even knowing it.

That’s why we’ve switched our focus (again).  For the next couple of weeks, we’re going to concentrate on finishing this book and the Ready or Not book.  By January, we anticipate that we’ll have three books ready for publishing. 

We’re excited and can't wait to see where this road takes us….


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