Of Writing and Blogging, and the State of Oz.

What I am writing is:  a non fiction book about the Transylvanian Saxons of Romania and their experiences of the Second World War.  The Saxons of Romania are a small group of Germans who came to live in that area. Then they were, for all intents and purposes, kicked out of Romania at the conclusion of the war simply because they were Germans. My goal is to write and have a book published in a reasonable time frame about this.

 I’m sure it will be a challenge and something I will grow from.  I can see myself finding out new ways to research and to grow as a writer.  I don’t thing of myself as having a lot of smoke and mirrors so I am excited to see what this journey will be like.  Blogging will help me on this path too.

I find writing so much fun, but it takes up so much of my time. Still, it is something I am passionate about, especially the research and writing of a book. It will be fun to get it published. Here’s hoping I’ll have it done by September and that I can get people interested before the Remembrance Day rush.  I have begun looking into which company can publish a book like mine and I hope this will allow me to make money with my writing.

Blogging, or publishing a blog post, is a means to build my readership, but I can also see that people need to have a reason to come here.  On that front, my blog, and my blog posts are what worry me the most.  I can write a blog post.  I can edit it reasonably well, but it is the marketing that scares me the most.

So, welcome to my new readers.