THE BIG PLUNGE!

A year ago today I started writing My Rhyming Adventure: Dinosaurs. I had recently moved up to the north-east after taking control of my mental health issues and wanted to be more proactive in my life.

I always wanted to write children’s books but in my mind it was never possible and I constantly told myself I wasn’t good enough. The mind can be the biggest critic but I wanted to create a book for my nephew.

Once I cleared my head and controlled my anxiety I found the drive and enthusiasm to give my dream a go.

I felt an urge to start writing and ideas were flowing. My nephew is obsessed with Dinosaurs and knows far more about them than I ever will but I knew that was the first adventure I wanted my reader to go on.

I completed the writing and needed an illustrator. I used upwork as my budget was low and found Beth. She brought the book to life and I was so eager for it to be released I self published at lulu.com without having the book quality checked…

Needless to say this was a mistake. The book embarrassingly was riddled with grammatical errors and I updated it 4 times before everything was correct. Purchasing copies inbetween only to find more issues. Self publishing is hard! But my book was out there and I just wanted people to read it.

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