My Short Story Got Accepted!

Hey everybody,
Guess what, the short story that I submitted to Peace in the Storm Publishing for the upcoming anthology: The Triumph of My Soul was accepted!

I am so excited about this achievement and I can't wait to see my work in print!
I remember the first time I saw my work in print. I was in college and I did an article for our college paper as my first assignment for my journalism class, The Blue & White Flash. The feeling I had was so overwhelming! I remember saying to myself that this is what I want to do. I loved to write and I loved even more seeing my name in print. Those were my words for the whole to see. It felt so rewarding...and that's how I felt when I learned that my short story got accepted!

I look forward to sharing my short story titled: A Mother, Her Son, and THE Father.

P.S. I got the cover of my book!!!! Wanna see it? Visit my myspace page...get the link on Fon's Fav!

Moving Toward Destiny

I haven't blogged since I posted my excerpt. I wanted to give it time to remain on the top of my blog list. But now it's time to move forward toward my destiny of a completed manuscript. Have you ever wanted to achieve something so bad that you try to rush through to get to the finish line? That's how I feel about this book. I am so ready for it to be completed. I am ready to be working on the promotional aspect and the distribution aspect. Now most writers would probably beg to differ, but not me. I do enjoy writing, don't get me wrong, but after a while, you are just ready to cross the finish line and breathe. And breathing for me will be handling the business aspect of being an author.

I look forward to wrapping up my manuscript in the next few weeks. I have a website to create and a book cover to think about. Keep praying for me that I continue moving toward my destiny. I can see the finish line on the other side of the track...I gotta a little more race to run and then it will come soon enough.

Before I go, I want to tell you about how good God is:
I am currently part of several online writing groups. While I like them all, I love the Writers Hut the most. It's a quaint little family atmosphere online where everybody is always pitching in to help out anybody in the family. Well several weeks ago, one of my fellow Writer's Hut family members asked me about starting a Texas tour for Christian authors. Now I just said up above that my manuscript is not finished...stay with me, I'm going somewhere (that's what my pastor always says). So she reaches out to me about this tour. I get excited instantly because I had been praying for God to help me stay disciplined in my writing. And low and behold, he sends author Keshia Dawn my way talking about a 2008 book tour! Not only has this angel encouraged me by asking me to participate in this book tour, she has become a great friend of mine. Now I know God is good, but when He shows out in your life, you have to give Him some sho-nuff praise! I now have accountability to keep moving toward my destiny because I want me and my book to be part of the 2008 tour that I am actively planning; I have a new friend in Keshia; and new friends in my tour family which includes 5 more author friends! Isn't God just so awesome!!! Whatever it is you want, ask God for it and He will provide IT and more!

Be on the look out for the Literarily Saved Christian Book Tour 2008 featuring authors: Keshia Dawn, Cheryl Donovan, Mikasenoja, Betty Knight-Allen, Erica L. Perry, Mimi Jefferson, and you guessed it....Fon James!

We may be coming to your town...check out the website for updates:
www.literarilysavedontour.com