Fans, Friends, and a Memoir
in June of 2022 Charles and I completed our work on the "rough and messy draft". it was a drum roll moment when I clicked on the "send" button which sent the manuscript for developmental editing. I sent over 100,000 words to Kate my editor. Her first request was to...
Μετα του Hay House Publishing προκληση
Μετά του Hay House Publishing πρόκληση Τι εβδομάδα ήταν. Πληθώρα πληροφοριών και ενθουσιασμού. Δεν μπορούσα να πιστέψω ότι τελικά θα έγραφα το βιβλίο μου - τα απομνημονεύματά μου. Οι παρουσιαστές Reid Tracy και Kelly Notaras, αφιέρωσαν στους συμμετέχοντες, πληθώρα...
Phew! Made it through the messy draft
Whew! I made it through the rough and messy draft. Thanks to Charles I had a revision I could assign to chapters in my Scrivener outline. I used general terms for chapter names. Terms which were indicative of the subject covered in each section. I found this part of...
Gathering information and writing
Once I organized and implemented the tools I needed to begin I embarked on a fast track to the rough draft. One thing I learned for sure and embraced was to just write and not edit. Write, without correcting, without worrying about grammar etc. Using my index...
After The Hay House Publishing Writing Challenge
What a week it was. An abundance of information and excitement. I could not believe I was finally going to write my book-my memoir. The presenters, Reid Tracy and Kelly Notaras, lavished the participants with a plethora of insights, data, sources, and of course...
Highway Signs Northern Greece
Do you often take highway signs for granted? Especially a familiar one you see on the highway? What do highway signs mean? What do you think of when you see a familiar sign on the highway? Whenever my sister and I approach the above sign, in addition to...
Πως ξεκίνησε το βιβλίο
"Πρέπει να γράψεις ένα βιβλίο". είπε η Μάουρα αφού άκουσε τις απαντήσεις μου στις ερωτήσεις της. Ήταν απλές, τυπικές ερωτήσεις που όλοι κάνουμε. «Πόσο χρονών ήσασταν όταν ήρθατε στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες. Μιλουσατε αγγλικά; Γιατί η αδερφή σου είναι στην Ελλάδα;». Είχα...
How it all Began
“You should write a book”. Maura said after hearing my answers to her questions. They were simple, typical questions we all ask. “How old were you when you came to the United States. Did you speak English? How come your sister is in Greece?” I had heard the same...