One thing I’ve discovered in writing this book is I’m starting to come out in it. Somehow the things I’ve learned in my life are finding their way into the pages. This journey is nothing like I thought it would be. The story has taken on a life of its own and I feel it is telling itself through me.

45 pages on my manuscript and counting! This certainly is a journey for me. Just like the heroine who refuses the first call to action I turned my head for years. I have finally put on my traveling shoes, grabbed my walking stick and hit the trail. Today the path is smooth. Yesterday it was all uphill. I had to stop several times to catch my breath. It does take my breath away - this process of telling a story. My protagonist, Mya, is searching for the lost stories of her culture. As she navigates the rough terrain of foreign lands I too look to my soul compass for direction to my true north - my true self.