Hello again, Romulus, and thanks for your post. I didn't realize posts show up only if they're sent through the web page. :/ Hence my email to you.
So how far are you along toward your personal goal as an author? Any tips you'd like to share?
Gemma Bloom

To wake up every morning and know that today I'm going to do what I love until I can't do it any more makes me smile. Not many people can say that they do that. In fact most people only get to do what theu love to do as a past time to something much more draining if they are lucky. I am something like unusual in the life because I'm here because I want to be. I decided that I had been sitting on my talent for far to long.

Now I'm here and sharing my words with the world through this art called writing. I'm not here because I need to be. My first attept at writing brought forth a book entitled A Reason, A Season, or A Lifetime. My small way of teaching the world that there is only one thing we should be concerned with. My small way at leading people away from what they have always known and into a world of something much more enlightening. My mission goes on...

I am King

What prompted me to write as a career began with several life-changing experiences including a few car accidents about 9 years ago. At that point Dave and I were feeling like our lives were going the wrong direction. I looked back at my life in disgust because I felt all my efforts, work, pain… it was all for nothing. No one would notice and no lasting benefit was left behind. I couldn’t live like that any longer. Dave and I had several heart-to-heart discussions about the meaning of our lives, what was important to us and how we mean to use the time we are given.

Right around this time, my husband was taking a writing course and I began taking it alongside of him. Soon, our submissions were accepted and sold and a free-lance career began, which later developed into our career as authors.

For us, our work is not a way to get noticed or get our name in print. Instead it is about leaving a lasting legacy, something that will provide some inspiration, some positive change that would give our life meaning.
I was inspired to write the Trash Talk column after some discussions with some of my business clients. You see, one of these clients expressed her fear that others would see her at a reuse store because she thought they would judge her as a scrooge since she could afford new things. She certainly couldn’t fathom the idea of being caught taking in her refundable containers! Yet ironically later on, when her neighbors began joining in on the blue box (recycling) pick up service, she just had to have that box out on the corner and be “seen” to be joining as well. It was at this point that Dave and I realized there was a need for change in the way society is seeing waste. We need to view waste as a resource; to see that waste reduction is not about false pride or keeping up with your neighbors – waste reduction is more about the legacy we choose to leave behind. The first book my husband and I released was based on the first 5 years of this column and shares the name – Trash Talk – which focuses on the proper order of the 4-rs in waste reduction (refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle); with special attention on the 3rd R- Reuse. Ironically it was soon after the book’s release, that Dave and I started hearing the commercials and seeing ads for “zero waste” initiatives across the globe.

Towards Understanding is the second book we released. This is a collection of 120 non-fiction poems that tell the story of my life. In this book, readers will see me battle past demons, raise my voice in anger and discover self-awareness. I think readers will witness my healing process as I become aware of the value of life and feel my joy as I fall deeply in love with a wholesome man. Later, the poetry begins to question society and endeavors to understand others. I think that my passion and dedication to the health of the Earth it is very evident in this book.

And just recently we released the e-book, Purple Snowflake Marketing - How to Make Your Book Stand Out in a Crowd. Most authors are working on computers these days and because an Internet presence is so vital in a marketing plan, we arranged for this project to be released as an e-book. This way, authors can immediately access information and promotion opportunities with the click of their mouse. We also made and extra effort to keep the price below $7.00 (US) so that authors can afford the investment.

It's nice to meet you, King. I expect there are as many reasons for being here as there are people. That works.

This is basically my passion since I was in undergrad. I am fun of writing articles and does it becomes my hobby. I had it ended when I was in college because I am busy with my academic stuffs. But now I’m back with writing again.

I guess it is really my thing to write. in which through this manner I could also express my opinions and insights on specific topics.

This is basically my passion since I was in undergrad. I am fun of writing articles and does it becomes my hobby. I had it ended when I was in college because I am busy with my academic stuffs. But now I’m back with writing again.

I guess it is really my thing to write. in which through this manner I could also express my opinions and insights on specific topics.

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Anne Simon