When I began Sherwood Ltd. I had no idea that Anne R. Allen’s inimitable fiction was based on fact. In fact, more fact than fiction. It’s hard to believe that any one could have had such an out-of -body experience in their writing life, but Anne did and lived to tell… and sell… the story!
There’s something unerringly familiar about Sarah’s epiphany. Who amongst us hasn’t burst into tears at the realisation there is another life, a dream that could become a reality if only the fairy godmother would wave her wand. The trouble is that the fairy godmother is actually hidden deep inside our own psyche. Sarah tells us her story, showing that is entirely possible to wave a wand and step out of the kitchen into a world we can only read about in books…
Perfection… a word that means many things. More than anything, I think it means a struggle and I know what that feels like. I also know that failure is the other side of the coin. Susan Tyrpak’s story on perfection and the holes that it burns into the fabric of one’s life is a lesson that we should perhaps all pay heed to. Read on…
Donna Fasano is a fellow Indie Chick who has been what I craved to be for a long while. A successful mainstream writer. She wrote for Harlequin Books for 20 years before becoming a proud Independent Author. She’s written over 30 romance and women’s fiction novels that have sold over 3.5 million copies worldwide. Her books have won awards and made best-seller lists.
One of my fellow Indies Chicks is a woman after my own heart. She’s a late bloomer… just like me. We’ve reached ‘a certain age’ and I think the whole age thing empowers you. You realise that there is so much yet to achieve and come hell or high water, you going to have a go at achieving it. Linda Welch says it’s …
the second of the Indie chicks to reveal herself online. I leave her to tell you her story:As you know, I was invited to join a special project called the Indie Chicks. It’s an anthology of true inspirational stories from 25 female indie authors (as well as a sample of one of each woman’s books). All the proceeds (every bit) are being donated to the Susan G. Komen Foundation to help support their search for the cure to breast cancer.
