Because I Can is a Winner!

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The past six too many years, I’ve been working on my memoir. Not continuously …  but I’d work on it for a few weeks or months, then I’d quit because I was either frustrated, discouraged, bored or simply sick of it.

But eventually I’d start being drawn to it again. I’d read a writing book and/or go to a writing conference … then open my computer files again. I’d go through what I already wrote and make changes based on whatever new writing ‘rule’ I’d learned. Then I’d write a few more new chapters … and repeat the cycle again and again and again.

Just like training step by step eventually makes you strong enough to run a marathon … word by word, I eventually had a book. Then came the editing phase and seeking publication phase.

Two weeks ago, I received good news about a contest I had entered and posted …

Who’s a Finalist in a Publishing Contract?

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And today I am thrilled to announce that Because I Can was selected as the winner of the  Cultivate Publishing Contest by Rhizome Publishing!.

Thank you Rhizome!.

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Over the next few months, the publishing process will happen … and I will probably be tweaking something until the day it hits the presses. It will be released early this fall.

I’m off to find some champagne … while you …

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