I've been invisible

Hey guys! I have recently found myself wearing thin. I took a break from my books because all the pages of life began to run together. School is out in two weeks and I will be going strong finishing this beginning of my life in ink!

Late night work....and more work

As promised I am back on Monday...well I know it is really Tuesday. 12:09 am! What can I say it has been a LONG DAY. I would like to start out by letting you all know how moody I have been all day LONG. Thank God for my beautiful best friend for dealing with all my crap!

                                                                             ....she was pretty great today! Any how,
I did get some work done tonight. My critique group so far is not a group. I haven't met the "group". I have only vaguely introduced myself to Norma. I sent her the basics of who I am and I sent her my baby. My first book to soon be published. "Cj the Bullfrog". Maybe tomorrow I will share the inspiration behind these children's books. As for now I have to at least get one chapter of my novel finished. I gave myself spring break to finish the final chapters. Until we meet again. I love you more than words....

F.M. LIS

...ready for take off (open your minds)

Hello out there! It would be rude not to greet you all now wouldn't it. For those of you that do not know I  am Ivory. My mind probably goes ninety a minute and I am almost ALWAYS thinking about how I can change my life and the lives of others. Well...I have finally made up my mind. I am going to change the world first through the children. I was that kid that needed a hug but my tough exterior wouldn't allow me to ask for or accept one. I don't want sympathy I just want to share the background music.

People get to know me and start feeling like I have every reason not to smile. So how do I? Surprisingly, its adversity that makes me smile. I know I made it past all those things that bound my knees to the ground but somehow I got up. There will be children starting out early on that are robbed of their childhood but I know now that I want to help with that. So what did I decide on? 

Writing! Writing children's book. Sounds easy mixed with hard, right? That is because it is. I have joined the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and on Monday I have my first Critique group. I am going to update on here as much as often as I possible. I am going to share EVERYTHING with you...even when I want to quit. The critique groups will help to assure that my work is perfect for the publisher and for the child. I just want to see someone else smile through adversity. 

I made sure of it that I had someone to be in the passenger seat when it gets too quiet in the reader world. Before i post my "Write out Loud" for you all, I will share with "mama's bear." 

When I was growing up this bear was just a bear but now he means so much to me. To have something my mother loved, other than myself, inspires me. I pray that I inspire you as you take this journey with me and listen to me write out loud. See you here on Monday