Nothing makes a writer more proud than when they hear that someone enjoys their novel. If I wrote for a living I would be sleeping under a bridge somewhere by now. Writers first thought is to write because they love it and they want their readers to enjoy the words that they see in print. If financial success comes, then it is an added bonus.
My first success in writing was being published in Our USA Magazine. A wonderful magazine founded by a woman that saw in her mind the stories and photos that Americans wanted to share. My first story that was published was, Milk Carton Football. My brother and I with some friends used to get in our yard and play football with a milk carton stuffed with leaves. We didn't have a real football, so stuffing leaves into one of those waxed milk cartons worked just fine.When I think of it, I smile! I call them the good old days.
I had some other stories published in Our USA Magazine and Cher Valentino, the founder of the magazine gave me the inspiration I needed to expand my writing. Could I write a book I thought? Then I was thinking to myself, that if you can write a short story, then you can write a novel. A novel is made up of chapters and each one is a short story. Keep writing chapters and soon you will have a book. I do have to admit that the thought of holding a book that I wrote in my hands kept me interested.
I had my first novel, Golden Haze, self-published. When I got those first copies and held one in my hand, I was on cloud nine. It was the most exciting feeling knowing that I had accomplished something that I had wanted to do for a long time. It received good reviews on amazon.com.
I decided to write another book and I wanted to take a different route. Golden Haze, was a paranormal novel. My second novel, Walk to Love, is the story of a man that was in deep depression after his wife was killed in a car accident. I thought what if he was visited by God? I took that route and God sent him on a walking journey across America that would change his life forever. It is a Christian romance novel of romance, tragedy, depression, inspiration, sadness, and the ups and downs of everyday life.
In December of 2014 I had, Walk to Love, published. This novel is special to me because it was proofread and the cover was designed by my daughter. When I held that first copy in my hand I knew that I wanted to write no matter the outcome of my success.
As, Walk to Love, was in the final stages of corrections and making changes I was working on a third novel.
That novel is complete and I look to have it self-published sometime in 2015. With three works under my belt I am taking a little break, but am thinking of a fourth novel. I wrote a short story some years ago and the more I think about it the more I realize the fourth novel will become a reality. I have written a paranormal novel, two romance novels, and my fourth will be more of terror and horror.
I think of the family and friends that I have around the world and one of the things that makes me the proudest is to know that my novels have been read in Okinawa, Australia, Brazil, the UK, and Russia.
My novels have reached around the world and nothing makes my feel prouder than to know that I have brought joy to someone in a far off land.
I started to write late in life, but some of the greats started late. Laura Ingalls Wilder of Little House didn't get published until she was 65. We all know of Grandma Moses whose first painting wasn't sold until she was much older. I will continue to write, because I enjoy it and it makes other people happy. When other people tell me they enjoy a story or a novel, then I an happy, that is what matters most.
Copyright Larry W. Fish 2015
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