Book About Me

I was culling some files today and came across a document from 2016, where I had started a list of questions to answer that would reflect things that my children or grandchildren might like to know someday. Well, that list didn’t get very far, in fact it is still a document in my files.

I am excited to say that those questions were answered and the first of this year (2022), my book  of the stories of when I was growing up was published!

A gift subscription given to me by my eldest son and his wife for a birthday gift the first of 2021 became a year of writing that fulfilled my dream of writing a book. Each Monday a question would arrive in my inbox, I could choose to answer that question, choose another or create my own question for the week.

The majority of the questions, I wrote enough that they became individual chapters in the book. Other questions I put together to make a chapter.

Another feature that I loved about the program – I could add pictures that were notable to the content of that particular chapter.

I won’t sugar-coat that year of writing. Sometimes I would write faithfully every week, other times I would go several weeks without writing because of work, family responsibilities and life in general.

I have realized that the year of writing has created a plethora of genealogy information for my family. I would strongly recommend a subscription to a service that will help focus and build on the content you wish to document, especially if it is of a genealogy nature.

During the middle of the summer, my wonderful husband rented a house on High Rock Lake for a couple of days, I was able to catch up on my writing. It was the best time writing and spending time with my hubby fishing, eating out and enjoying the hot tub.

With the annual subscription expired, I had three months to edit and finish the book. The process of finishing the book was simple with choices of bindings, colors, front and back covers. One of the hardest things was to write the title of the book. I wanted something different, not just Life About Me or Jane’s Life.

The second hardest part of the process was waiting! Everyday after I ordered the book, I would be anxious for the mail to be delivered. After about three weeks, to box arrived with my final creation of  “Chocolate Gravy, Tomato Biscuits and Loves of my Life”.

Author:  Jane B. Gouge       ©08/23/2022