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Life of a
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Making Progress
by Carla Charter
Before I even knew it myself I was a storyteller.
From elementary school on, that pen and paper were always in my hand. I often
joke with my family, that with both Celtic and Gypsy ancestry could I become
anything else but a writer?
The journey from being a storyteller to being a published novelist is quite the
climb though. So I decided when I started down this road that all I wanted to
see was progress. One step at a time is how I figure it. I knew becoming a best
selling author overnight didn't happen, well, overnight.
Sometimes the steps were big, like getting my first online novel published. And
sometimes they were small, like being a guest on a radio show. Each step though,
adding up to my larger goal, becoming a full time novelist.
Seeing progress, small though it was, was sometimes the only thing that kept me
writing toward the light at the top of the ladder. Sometimes I would see the
rungs on that ladder coming, and other times they showed up unannounced.
Recently a step up on the ladder appeared with the selling of my first online
novel, A Necessary Harvest. It felt like one of the bigger steps on that ladder.
And as I climb, it feels, the light at the top gets brighter and brighter.
So am I where I want to be? Not by a long shot. But I'm making progress every
day and to me that's all that really matters.
Carla Charter is mom to Samantha (12), Halden
(5), and Mathew (4). In addition to being a mom, Carla is a freelance writer
specializing in newspaper and magazine journalism. Among her publication credits
are Woman's World, American Indian Report and New England
Business Journal. Online she has been published in Scubasource.com and
Military.com. She teaches creative writing courses at Mount Wachusett Community
College in Gardner, Ma. Recently her novel Across Lots has been
serialized at
http://www.newenglandwow.com. She may be reached at
cjfreelancewriter@earthlink.net.
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