We Are Go.

Hello, and welcome to my website, and my blog.

If you're one of the unfortunate souls who happened to stumble upon this space there are a few things you might have readily recognized. The first being that there's a counter on my home page happily keeping track of the minutes and seconds until the release of my debut novel, Vein Bound.

Let me tell you a little something about the making of this book. It was hard. The road was long. I spent a majority of six years working, editing, and revising it, while also going to school and generally doing the business of life until I could successfully say I'd done my real life's work.

When I sent it to a friend and received feedback about a month ago, I was suddenly struck by exactly how much I hadn't been doing. I had fooled myself into thinking that the draft was as polished as could be. The truth was, I had spent a lot of my editing time trying to avoid rewriting major sections. When I received the feedback and saw the manuscript through my editor's eyes, I realized exactly the ways in which I was holding myself back.

Suddenly, the book I had meant to write popped into my head nearly fully formed and I was able to see, for the first time, the true potential of not only the story I was telling but the way in which I was writing it. This set a frenzy in me that still has not stopped.

Here's something else, if you don't know.

Writing a book is hard. Truly it is a job -- and it's one that comes without a manual, or the security of getting training before heading out onto the work floor, armed with all the tried and true methods constructed to make you successful. No. All you have is yourself, something to write with or on, and the vision of where you want to end up when the page is no longer blank.

If not a single person orders this book or tells their friends about it, I don't mind that. I have already become a success. I have fulfilled one of my life's largest goals and fantasies. It was a long road and it wore on me.

But I am so, so happy.

Take a look around. Leave a comment if you'd like. Stay for the release or don't.

No matter what? Thank you.

Thank you for coming to this page and taking the time to look at it. Thank you for using up a little bit of the precious time we have here in life to see the work I've done. If you have a passion, I urge you to take some of that precious time, away from your job or your obligations, and seriously consider pursuing it.

You are worthy. You can do it. I believe in you.

It may be hard and people may look at you a little funny, but as long as you believe in yourself, that's what matters.

I believed in myself. We have only just begun.

With that I'm happy to say, welcome, and we are a go for launch!

Grey