It's the Journey #BlogFour #AlysiaHelming #RealLifeStory
So how does one go about creating a seven book novel series? It’s a daunting task! You just read the ‘Birth’ of how this series came about from Hannah’s blog. While there have been many ups and downs in this writing journey, the one thing that has kept me going is a feeling in my gut – a ‘knowing’ - that beyond any doubt, I already know that this book and series will be successful. In fact, in my mind, the entire book series has been written, the movies and theme song release
Inhale, exhale... and once again #BlogThree #AlysiaHelming #RealLifeStory
When I finished reading my Aunt’s new story outline, I have to say that I was completely disappointed. This wasn’t my story!! The work that she had done was nothing like what I had in mind. I felt as if she had just taken my idea and twisted it into a foreign stranger that I could barely recognize. I could feel this feeling starting to bubble up in me and there it was...BOOM! The fireworks started...I was so angry...! I ran to my mother, feeling betrayed and needing to spea
Before the Beginning #BlogTwo #AlysiaHelming #RealLifeStory
My Aunt Alysia has been a key part of my life and a great source of inspiration and encouragement for me. Our wonderful connection and understanding of each other began at a very young age. From the time I was born and on, she has been a doting aunt and has always been there for me, wanting only the best for me. Her adoration for me has shown itself in many ways. During her travels as a consultant, she would always buy me the prettiest of dresses everywhere she went, even w
My So-Called Mid-Life Crisis #BlogOne #AlysiaHelming #RealLifeStory
In the beginning…once upon a time… Ummm, okay, where to start? I’m a story teller. I make stuff up for a living. That’s my job now. Thank God, because with my story telling ‘gifts’, my career choices were limited to 1) con artist, 2) politician, 3) fiction writer, 4) committed to an insane asylum. I think my mother is happy that I chose option #3! Perhaps this is why I’m all tripped up in writing my ‘real life’ story here in the blogs. I’m not allowed to make anything up
