More and more I have been told lately that I should write a book. Seeing that people enjoy hearing my stories of adventures I’ve been on and reading the personal compliments and feedback on blog posts I have written, I decided that it is time to take everyone’s suggestion and make something of it. I also know that writing a book is a great source of passive income for years to come if it is done well and, quite frankly, I could use more income – especially right now.
As my recent creativity surges have become more and more frequent (just when I am trying to learn other skills to put into practice to help my income) I keep getting pulled back to my blog, compelled to write. I’ll work on a post for hours sometimes just to get out everything that I have to say about the subject I am writing on. Maybe you’ve noticed the length of my blog posts! ;) I don’t want to leave anything out and I often do not notice the time. Before long I have to stop myself so that I can get some sleep and be able to function because the next day is a workday and I have a tendancy to get migraines now from a lack of sleep. I just can’t burn the candle at both ends like I used to in college.
I’ve been contemplating on what exactly I would write to constitute an entire book and knew that I would want to somehow tie in short stories of my adventures along with lessons that I have learned. It needs to be something entertaining and educational. So with the inspirational title that just came to me moments ago, which I will keep a secret until the book is complete, I now have a focus to tie everything I want to accomplish together for my first book ever.
I’ll be using content that I have already written about here because it is a story of my life and lessons learned and that is the format I have been using on this blog - personal accounts and perspectives tied into meaningful lessons I feel are of value to share. As my readers you will continue to see what develops as I go along, however, I will keep some stories solely for the book. So far, the majority of my readers are people that I know or have met personally and with your help I’ll be able to build a bigger audience to make my book and website a success.
Disclaimer to close family members and friends:
I will be sharing personal stories and it could include you. If you do not wish your name to be used for any reason, please let me know and I will give you a pseudo-name to protect your privacy. More than likely on all accounts I will not use last names. For certain stories I will automatically use pseudo-names to “protect the innocent/guilty” depending on your viewpoint. ;)
with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman and filling out some random Facebook Bucket List Questionnaire that someone else made up for you to check off items, I have looked at my own life and the many adventures I’ve been on and the items that I’ve accomplished so far in this life. I recall back to the days in middle school when my classmates and I would create “Slam Books”, a notebook somewhat similar to a Bucket List that asked for answers to a bunch of random questions, and pass them around to fill out until we were caught by our teachers. Rather than check off the tasks I have completed from someone else’s Bucket List, I’ve decided to create my own. Really, who wants to laugh until milk or some other beverage has come out of their nose? I have many other more interesting accomplishments that I’d rather boast about and challenge myself to, and they are less painful or embarrassing.
