Wanting to retire, I knew I had to find something to occupy my time each day; I wound up deciding to write a romance novel.
However, I knew I could write nonfiction due to my weekly writing viewpoints for a community newspaper for a few years. Although that might have been the truth, it didn't help my desire to write any romance novel since it would writing fiction. The writing of anything fictional requires a different set of rules than writing nonfiction. So, even with this obstacle facing me, I'd persevered to write my debut romance novel, a YA Paranormal romance, entitled "I Kissed a Ghost."
My writing of this debut novel didn't come easily, as I got confronted repeatedly by the common ailment of all authors, known as writer's block. Yielding into this ailment is something I didn't want to deal with, and then luckily, I found a remedy in a now-defunct website where followers got asked to write a five-sentence story for the week's prompt word.
Moving forwards with an array of close to 100 of these flash fiction stories already written, I decided to write a few more and publish my second book, entitled "Micro Fiction – An Anthology," containing 100 of these stories.
Originally, I had planned to start writing my next story; however, I wanted to improve my writing by reading/reviewing books written by other authors, first romance, and then other genres. Unexpectedly, I got hooked on my writing book reviews, and my writing new endeavors took a backseat. Notably, by 2019 I had become a decently ranked reviewer on Amazon for a broad spectrum of genres and becoming a TOP CONTRIBUTOR for True Crime books. Things happen for a reason, and this year, my book reviews concentration shifted towards my writing them for nonfiction Christian books.
Aching to write another romance, with all the nonfiction Christian books I had reviewed and was still reviewing, I got inspired to write it has a YA/NA Christian romance, which I did, and gave it the title of "It Had Only Been a Game." Initially, I had planned only to write a single book, but I resorted to writing short stories and essays around a single word with writer's block creeping my writing again. Each one has a Christian element to it.
Now, with my first two Christian books published, I got inspired to start my Christian blog "Trying to Be a Good Christian Woman" and a Facebook group for my Christian sisters, "Worldwide Christian Women United."
Now, being asked, "WHAT'S MY MOUNTAIN?" or what dream do I possess that hasn't gotten fulfilled yet, my answer would be a New York Times best-selling author.
© R.L.Morgan
