The Feria Release Day Celebration!

Hello everyone! The Feria is up for sale tomorrow! Please pop in on my blog tomorrow, June 6, anytime during the day and leave a comment for a chance to win prizes including a free e-copy of my book, and giftcards to Amazon, Soul Mate Publishing and Starbucks! But you can’t win if you don’t visit and comment! So I’ll see you tomorrow! Look for the blogs titled: THE FERIA RELEASE DAY CELEBRATION!

Happy Mother's Day, Momma!

 Fifteen years ago, my mother cared day and night for my dying father. Only a short time later, she would hold him in her arms as he died, then delay her grieving and open those arms to comfort her six little ducklings who lost their daddy.

     I watched her do the same all over again for my grandmother. Roles reversed, she cared tenderly for my sweet grandmother, now a frail, tiny woman, so far away from the strong matriarch and beacon I had known all my life.

 

     But it didn’t stop there. Even two more times, she cared for my father’s parents until their deaths as well.

 

     My mother never broke. She was shrouded in strength and grace.

     I owe her more than I could ever hope to repay. I can recall one day calling her from a pay phone from the University. I had just taken a test, thought for sure I’d failed, and thought my life would be better off it I took a year off to work and save money. I was truly overwhelmed, and there was only one person I needed to talk to, and it was her. I’ll never forget how she talked me off that ledge. A year later, I was walking across the stage, receiving my degree, my mom waiting to congratulate me.

     Six kids, and countless years of working hard and caring for others later, she still is that strength for all of us. She’s a little weaker now, a little bit slower, has had countless battles with illness, but she doesn’t waiver. And when she isn’t spending time with her family, she is making pillows to send off to deployed soldiers!

    Happy Mother’s Day to the strongest woman I know, the one who made me what I am today. Words cannot say what I need to. I can only try each and every day to let my heart’s gratitude show you. God bless you, Momma!

Baby Steps

Hello Everyone!
    
     My name is Julia, and I am on the path of a long journey.

     I am a new author (going to be published THIS MONTH!!), and there is much to do in order to promote my work! Sometimes it feels overwhelming. I have had to learn to take baby steps, write everything down, and do A LOT of online research. Oh, did I mention a fellow author named Janna Shay who is AN ANGEL?!! She's taken my under her wing and has been sharing a nice long "to-do" list I have to tackle in this promotion gig.

     I don't have an agent, I don't have a PR person running my ship... it's just little old me... a mommy and stepmomma of five (toddler twins, kindergartner, highschooler and college student), a happy wife, English instructor... daughter, sister, friend... and writer!

     So here I go... wish me luck... I didn't realize technology had grown in leaps and bounds around me!! There is so much out there, so much to keep up with... OH, and I'm trying to figure out how to design my own Web site... Like I said... Baby Steps!!

     I'll let you know how it all goes... and feel free to drop a line at juliabadewrites@hotmail.com and give me any suggestions!!! Thanks!!



Look for my book, The Feria, out SOON from Soulmate Publishing at www.soulmatepublishing.com