And the universe answered

Yesterday I spent most of the day composing a blog post in my head, but it never got out of my head and into the universe.

I'll write now what I planned in my head, and the tell the rest of the story.

When I decided that I was going to pursue my dream of writing books after retiring, I was comfortable with the idea that my books were not going to provide supplemental income, and would not make me a lot of money.

But I have enough of my mom, Harriet, in me, to think about my books being selected for Oprah Winfrey's Book Club, and a movie being made starring George Clooney as Jean-Luc.  But I knew I was dreaming.

What I really wanted was to tell my stories and put some love and goodness into the world.  I wanted for people to feel good when they read my stories, and to have a happy escape from the difficulties of life.

I didn't expect it would be so hard to get people to read my books, and I was seriously thinking I would get more reviews. 

I was feeling pretty discouraged yesterday about my lack of sales and Kindle pages read.

Then, yesterday evening, I heard from a friend telling me how much she loved my books, and that her sister in law loved them too, and would like me to participate in a local author day at her library in October.

Thank you universe.  I may not get reviews on Amazon or Goodreads, but people are reading and enjoying my books. 

And that is all I wanted.