Following my Path....

March 1st, 2016.  

I sit here stunned at the flight of time. Weeks since I last posted here have been

spent writing a story that has been in me for a couple of years. And welcoming a new baby granddaughter into the world!

Last spring, I attended a writer’s workshop in Chicago sponsored by Hay House.  

As many of you know, I went because I heard a definitive whisper from the Universe.

That Hay House emails would continue pinging my in -box upon my return from my Camino in Spain seemed a pretty straight foreward announcement that the draw I had to  pilgrimage walking and writing was to be followed.  No, I had not signed up for Hay House events and no, I had not signed into any writer’s workshops which may have allowed a tag on from Hay House. How Hay House garnered my email info remains a question - I am just thrilled we got connected!

That Hay House was the publishing company of one of my  favorite authors, and in a way a mentor, Wayne Dyer, that Hay House published the works of Anita Moorjani and Gregg Braden, both authors I had read several times over during the last few years, that was not coincidence - It was synchronicity.  And, because I believe in listening when the Universe whispers, I took it to heart and went to the conference.

Hay House was offering a contest for attendees. Three package prizes which would allow publication of a book either through Hay House or their self-publishing arm, Balboa Press, were up for grabs. 175 entrants, many with published works in other venues, took part. Of course, I spent the summer working, writing, and drafting the required proposal to enter the contest.  

That I did not win a prize I felt so certain was mine, I now see clearly as part of a grander plan.  The majority of the work got written. The emotional piece, which occurred in working through issues of a collapsed marriage as I wrote and re-wrote, was given a place of release.  And, after walking away from the book idea for a couple months during and directly following my Camino in Italy in October of this last year, it all came full circle as the New Year arrived. I entered an amazing writing program and have breathed new life into my story.

As of today the book has been resurrected and sits in the capable hands of my editor, who I trust, will work her magic and produce a finished product within the next couple of weeks. While she deletes, comments and corrects I will be choosing a book cover design!  And, all things in order, my book will launch in late April or early May on Amazon.

So, you see, perhaps not writing here, or out walking at the moment, but definitely active in following the path of my continued Camino….A Camino of the Soul:  Learning to Listen when the Universe Whispers.

Wish me luck!