As I mentioned, it has been a year since I have blogged, but I have not been idle. I have attended some writing conferences. I am going to the Willamette Writers Conference at the beginning of August. I am meeting with an agent to pitch my already self-published book.

Why? You may ask.

Well, the simple answer is I want a career in writing books, no matter what the path, self-pub or traditional pub. This is what I have wanted for 15 years.

Self-pub authors have had success which have turned into...