What's the story behind your latest book?
When I published Wolf Medicine, my third book, the woman helping me said, "start a blog if you want to sell this book." Well, at that time, I had no idea what a blog was, (yes, I'm that old) so I went on-line and visited a few. The only thing I knew I could write about with certainty was my own life, so I went to an 800 pg memoir I had stuck in the closet and began pulling pieces out. People loved them because they are honest and go deeply into feelings of the heart. I was encouraged to publish them but didn't want to, because I wanted to publish a traditional memoir. I was not revising the one I had, so relented and published, Tarantulas, Fudge and Altered Reality, which has been a huge success. I'm very grateful my words are touching so many hearts around the world. The truth is universal. It makes us laugh, cry and feel the often painful joy of living this beautiful life.
What motivated you to become an indie author?
I had a book on Intuition accepted by Hampton Roads in the early 90's. I was excited, then near publication they changed their minds. I felt like the rug had been pulled out from under me, to use a cliche. At that point I knew I wanted more control over the publishing process, so I hired staff who set things up for me and off we went.
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