In August 2009, I began thinking about putting together a non-fiction project. Up until then, I'd mainly concentrated on fiction. Part of the reason I turned to the "real" was that I was laid off from my editing job. Like so many others, including editors, before me.... Sigh.
In any case, I finally had the time to think about what I really wanted to do with my creative force. I believe everyone is creative in some way and MUST find an outlet for it or else die, if not literally, then mentally. I knew my life would include more than being an editor at a magazine. I wanted to inform people in a colorful, not-seen-before way. I was (and am) unique. After writing my books, it was time to continue in that theme, but in a slightly different way.
The Garden Journal idea didn't come to me all at once, but through a progression of other projects where I was reaching but not finding something that I loved to do and would also make money. Yes, I've always been practical. I could never quit everything and run around willy-nilly. It has always been imbued in me to support myself by working. Unfortunately, it took me a long time to learn that working at something I didn't love was self-defeating.
So I needed to find a love; the Garden Journal would be one of them.
Continued....
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