Hi Sherrey!

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Hi Sherrey,

Thank you for aceptance and I wish you the best in your current project of writing memoir. Parent as an abuser is something I had never experienced BUT during my life met many, who lived through horrific abuse by their own fathers and mothers. My book " The Queen of the Castle" is a real life story ( biography) about Renata (Jackson) Castelle who manage to overcome victimisation and became sucessful business moman, eventually.

Many similar books had been written about it. However, I personally think, - not enough to make us all think, change attitude and act as true civilised cociety. I personally, believe, that every such story must be brought to light!

I wish you the best in your quest!

My warmest regards,

Elena Ornig

We moved to the Gorge because it's so rural and beautiful (we don't like crowds). As a writer, you don't need a lot of people around, but since I had my latest novel edited, I began to look into self-publishing.

The next step is inevitably the promotion, and that's the hard part, the reaching out to the world.  Starla 

Nice to meet you here, Sherrey.

I'm another fellow NorthWest writer. I live in the Gorge and last Tuesday I ventured out to Portland to attend my first meeting at Willamette Writers. Boy, was I out of my comfort zone, struggling with one-way streets to find a parking spot in an area I had never been before.

I visited your website. Don't you love it here?

Starla Ramcy

>I'm quickly learning that she who writes also reads, quite a lot!  :)

Amen!

>ink in my veins

Love this!

>I've read both The Wednesday Sisters and the Four Ms. Bradwells and enjoyed both very much; I'm looking forward to reading your third book. I've always been an avid reader, having 4-5 books going at once.  :)

Thank you for reading! And me too only usually having a few going at once. I usually have a novel, a non-fiction of some sort, and an audio-book going.

Sherrey, you are too kind.  I really just wanted to write something that was a combination of memories and stories I remember hearing throughout my life.  It could become more... maybe a smalll book of short stories?  We'll see if the creative juices continue to flow.  Thanks again for your thoughts and encouragement.  I truly appreciate you taking the time to comment. 

I hope your project is going well.  Keep me posted.

Hi Sherry,

Thank you for your comments about my blog post "Leaving."  I was very young at that time but I know how hard it was for my parents to make the decision to leave family and friends and the country they loved.  I know they made that decision for me and my brother.  They wanted to give us the best life possible and where else but in America?