I'm Just Me...

I've made it to the first rung of the ladder! At least I think I've made it to the first rung. You wanna know how? One little thing - PERSEVERANCE. Plain and simple. Perhaps simple is a misnomer, because it wasn't simple - at all. It took years of effort, tears, dwelling in and reliving the past and dare I tell you, quite a lot of belly-laughing my way through writing the pages, but alas, m y debut novel, TheThingInTheChair is published and out in the world growing its wings.  It's a bawdy, rollicking memoir and I don't hold much back! It's quite the break from the norm for me, but working on it the last twelve years, I had to share my story of living with TheThingInTheChair with all who are curious. I know many of you out there have your own TheThingInTheChair and will easily relate to my journey and those of you who don't will find it hysterically baffling that anyone can be THAT . If you're curious to know what 'THAT' is, here are e

It's been a long while since I've written on this site, but I'm baaaack, as they say. No, no need to go into boring details as to why I was away, but suffice it to say it's been traumatic over these last few years though I haven't given up on my writing. Actually, things are moving in the right direction - finally. I'm traveling up the mountain instead of tumbling down the cliff, so all's well in this Writer's world! The truth is, I may have been invisible for a while, but I wasn't gone completely. In fact, writing is like breathing to me, so since I'm still kicking, I must've been writing, just nothing worth going on about, until now. To start, great news!! My son, Shaun is published! Apple doesn't fall far from the tree. He's an intense and brilliant Poet and his very first published book of poetry titled, Hope In The Dark is here: https://www.breakingruleswritingcompetitions.com/store/p23/Shaun_McCarthy_-_Hope_In_The_Dark.h