As most of you know I run a publishing company known as Maple Hill Publishing. I started it in April of last year and it has been an amazing ride. I have published nearly a dozen other authors in that time and I have received more than 100 submissions from others. I have invested untold hours in other writers and I am proud of developing other writers and helping them achieve their dreams. However, there is no denying it has been at the cost of my own writing ambitions. This is the main reason why it has taken me so long to get TenderHeart and Legend 2 ready for release. I have sold more Legend of Souls Chapel books than all my other authors (past and present) have sold combined. So as you can see it makes no sense for me to put my focus on the publishing side. Not to mention my current authors would benefit much more from me publishing my own books than continue to publish new authors. So a few months ago, I realized that I needed help and I hired associate publishers. Well everyone is busy and so that hasn't been the answer I thought it was.  We have many good submissions right now that we are just not developing as we should or could because none of us have the time. In addition, I have had a total of 4 authors to leave to go out on their own. While I am glad for them and wish them all well, I can't think about all the hours I spent training, developing, helping them, getting their work ready and their covers and promoting them just to have them leave. I have decided I will no longer sacrifice time with my daughter and writing for MY fans to develop others any longer. So I have decided that I am going to hire an executive director for Maple Hill Publishing and I am going to basically give them the business to run it for me. They can handle it, make the money and grow the company. I am going to focus on my teaching and writing career as well as getting my Master's Degree in Education. This was a hard decision to basically give up all I have built, but the more I think about all the time I have lost with my daughter the decision was easy. I am committed to keeping MHP going, but for the first time in my life I am going to focus on myself and what I need. If anyone doesn't like it that is just too bad, after 40 years it is time. I have placed several ads and I have some very, very good prospects. I hope to have them in place in this new position by September 1st, 2013. Wish me luck.