Writing a blog / Writing a book.

First off, let me start by shouting out to my husband, for creating this masterpiece, most likely in 10 minutes. The creative man that he is should know by now that I will always brag and share about the things that he does. So here's what this means...

In addition to starting out my blog I am also in the process of my writing my first book about my lung transplant. Ideas from my blog will fuel my book and vise versa. Let me start off by saying I am absolutely not a writer but I am a talker so I will be doing my best to tell my story here just the same as I would be telling it face to face. I am always willing to tell my story or parts of my story to people who will listen, or not, I'm a little in your face from time to time... when I say time to time I mean I'm obnoxious and don't shut up.

What my ultimate goal is, apart from sharing my story is that I hope that a small blog can develop interest in the big story. I do need to promote myself, get myself out there and heard and develop peoples interest in my book. I want someone to see that there is a book our there that can help them, or help loved ones of someone with CF or facing transplant or even just be a story that will interest other people. I am not out here with the idea in mind of sell sell sell. I'm not in the book writing process with the goal to sell as many books as possible, I am doing this for multiple reasons. One of these reasons is being able to help just one person in the face of transplant, a time that feels lonely and isolating. The second reason is to also help myself. Being sick and dealing with a double lung transplant is traumatic. I hope to be able to heal myself to some degree with putting pen to paper, sharing every detail of my story. I have a hope to also help remember details, stories and maybe dig deeper into suppressed memories that may be linger and while in this process, find myself again.

With this blog I plan on sharing my story but keep it light, adding some laughs and like I said before, talk like I am talking face to face.

My next blog post will begin the story.

Ashley / Bitch I Lived