Yayyy - Children's Short Story Published

Hello to all!

Christmas is appearing everywhere - makes you wonder how all this stuff manages to keep looking so clean and saying: Buy ME, Buy ME continually. If I had to do that as merchandise for the ridiculous hours that I was on some shelf before the Big Day eventually arrives, only to find I was grabbed rudely at the post-Christmas sales, I'd deliberately fall off the shelf and hopefully break myself. At least the rubbish bin might be peaceful.

So what books are you thinking of buying this Christmas, either for Kindle, Nook or all the gadgets you can read on these days? Me, I belong in the dinasaur era because I still love the actual feel of a carefully/quickly constructed paper creation in my hands. This is not to say I haven't got a long list to read on my Kindle app on my computer. I have. I find Amazon amazing, which I guess is their wish.

I actually have 3 books there now. All of them are short stories really, ranging between 1,000 words and 10,000 words, but I am so proud of myself. The last one I actually managed to follow the guidelines and get it on Kindle all by myself. Now that is totally awesome, seeing as I am terrified of technology and people actually seeing my work.

The last book, Stephen's Dare, came uninvited but wanted after I wrote it. I've written a couple of kid's things, but none which I have ever wanted to see the light of day. They amused me greatly, but that is why I wrote them. Simply for my own entertainment.

So getting Stephen out there was really pushing past my comfort zone. I like to fool with uncomfortable little stories such as The Stump, which appeared one day, fully formed, straight after a visitor came and demanded why we had not blown the old stump where it was to Kingdom Come. I had this queer vision and The Stump  promptly appeared. Needless to say, the original stump is still right where it was, being home to some type of lizard and a strange looking weed. :) Terror reduced me to almost begging someone else to choose the cover and upload it.

But, getting back to Stephen. I cannot see him properly yet. I know he is tall for his age, and frightened of his Mum. His first episode took a weekend to write because he simply was there. I am debating if I actually like him yet, but he came again this morning, with another adventure.

Has this ever happened to you? A character comes fully formed or not, with one story. If you are smart, you will write their story and see if they come back again with another. I have found, over the years, that these types of stories satisfy something in me. Maybe not anyone else, but, if you don't get them out there, how do you know?

After all, no Man is an island, so they say, and, in the vast territory you have within your reach now
thanks to the Internet, why not let your stories reach out to someone else? You may not get rich, but some part of you will be, hopefully, as satisfied as I am that Stephen's Dare is all my own work, from the first word to actually being live. :) Believe me, it is an incredible feeling.

So, what are you waiting for?