They’re here!   My first two children’s books for Capstone Press arrived in a big white box this past week.  It felt like Christmas as I sliced through the tape on the lid, pulled aside the crumpled newsprint paper and smelled the ink of a newly pressed book.  The binding creaked as I opened “Scary Folktales.”

I itched to open “Real-Life Vampires.”

My neighbour’s little girl came over for a visit and I showed her the books.  She read the name beneath the titles and looked up at me.  “Does this mean you are a writer now?”

Four hundred articles in magazines, newspapers and online. Twelve years as a freelancer.  A room dedicated to computer, desk, writing supplies and reference books.

“Yes, sweetie, I’m a writer now.”

“The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work.”
– Arthur Brisbane