I Am Loving This !

Well, I am loving writing this book and the support I've received from my friends and family has been overwhelming. Thank you to everyone for the encouraging words.

I spent about 30 hours writing over this past weekend and I must say, that I believe I might have found a new passion. I am totally enjoying the actual writing part. I don't yet know if I'm any good at it, but the time just flies by when I'm at it. I get lost.

A couple of things that have surprised me throughout this whole process:

The first being how few books there are on dating as a single mom (or even as a single parent). There's one called Single Mom Seeking (written by a San Francisco columnist; Ok, so she has an advantage on me) which I've just started and another e-book called Ms. Single Mama which I've purchased, but haven't printed. Only two books? Really, that's all?

There is a lot of information out there for single mamas; especially in regards to support, financial aid, etc..., but not much on our dating / personal lives. We are women and do have needs beyond our kids, right? Still, I was glad to see two which means there is some sort of market out there for me; for this book. Lots of untapped potential, I think, but I have to figure out how to get in front of these women.

The other thing that surprised me was the whole twitter phenomenon. One of my coaches told me to start following people who already had the audience I wanted. Then, to "re-tweet" their "tweets" and their followers will start following you. Well, lo and behold, after following every single mom / momma / mommies group out there, and prior to "re-tweeting" anything, I've already got about 40+ followers and growing every day... Wild, huh?

I created a facebook fan page for the book and my dad commented on how he couldn't wait to read the book. Oh, God... I'm thinking that if this book is going to be any good, that it better have some sort of juice in it, right? This is going to be like when I went to see Purple Rain with my Dad. I asked for permission and was denied, so I did what most rebellious teenage girls do and I went to see it anyway. A few days later, my parents came back to me, said they had thought about it, and that my Dad would take me. Well, do you remember that movie? There was this one scene with Prince and Appolonia; which now would probably seem fairly tame, but back then, was like the equivalent to porn (or at least what I thought porn was at the time)... I got up to coincidentally go to the bathroom at the same time, only to totally time my inconspicuous absence so poorly, that I got back in my seat just in time to watch that very scene with my father. Classic...

So, yea, I don't know how I feel about my dad reading the book, but then I guess that a big part of this whole process for me is just putting myself out there and taking the risk.

This next couple of week, I'll be working on the website and getting it up and running. You'll be able to pre-order the book there and also sign up for free excerpts...

thanks for reading & stay tuned... ")