Many of you know about me from my first book, “Confessions of a Childfree Woman: A Life Spent Swimming against The Mainstream”, Amazon.
It was an adventure into raw realities involved in purging or venting my personal story. Some days (or nights) I would sit at my computer, stare at the keyboard and feel there wasn’t one word I
could share.
Other times, my words exploded like a cannon. I felt good. I felt proud until my editor, Justine, from writebynight.net said the 6 letter word I dreaded,”REVISE!”
It took almost three years of writing to have the final accomplishment in my hands and hopefully, yours.
Looking back, it was worth every agony and every rejection I met to receive the outpouring of love and support for my memoir.
I know that feeling because reading the first book about the childfree lifestyle I got, “The Baby Trap”, by Ellen Peck, set me free to be proud of being a non-parent.
(Later, non-parent was changed to “childfree”.)
When my editor suggested it may be time to update my memoir, I agreed. However, it wasn’t long before we knew I was gestating another book.
The birth of book 2 is now eminent. Without a doubt, I’m humbled and honored to feel it will help more of my childfree family.
Today, I finished a chapter that had me crying.
It wasn’t because I heard the word, “REVISE” from Justine. It was because she said, “Marcia, this is the best writing I’ve seen from you”.
The interesting fact about the chapter is… it’s about you! You are the brave people who stepped up to share your innermost feelings with me. You are the ones who took a chance, even from
countries where you may face the wrath of others. You are the ones who inspired me to see how much we still need to make this a viable respected lifestyle allover the world!
I’m still breathless with feeling humbled and excited in writing this book and seeing the end in sight. I can’t wait to let you know it’s birthed.
The one thing I want you to know, is how much we need to keep on keeping on to feel pride in our awesome lifestyle choice. I would urge you to find something your heart can connect to knowing
you’re affecting the lives of others for the better. And, if it’s simply our own life, that’s also wonderful.
