Getting Started

Starting a new publishing company has truly taught me many lessons and placed me on a new learning curve.

My heart was inspired to write books as a result of keep journals as a teen of my travels. As an adult who was healing after a divorce, I took up journaling again - jotting down the experiences I had as a mom, wife, and in my career.

These events often inspired poems or short stories reflecting my life.

My first book was The Majestic Crane and the second one soon followed; Captain Remarkable. After sharing my manuscript with fellow writers, they encouraged me to generate a Chapter book and "The Adventures of Captain Remarkable was born."

Last winter, I had the opportunity to utilize my 20 year marketing career to get a book published for Civil Rights Activist and Educator Mel King.

Nothing made me feel more wonderful than helping an 80 year old man who has given so much to Boston and the children he has educated at Harvard and MIT as well as his own 8 children and family of grandchildren and communities.

It was his birthday when he signed with Sweeties Books and it was also my 47th.

Discovering that the role of publishing agent was similar to PR Agent - I took on other clients.

I helped Deb Cornin publish "Christmas without Santa" with Sweeties as well.

Wiggles was formed shortly thereafter this Spring 2009.

As Wiggles I published Debs books "My Baby Brother the Bully," and "My Sister Stephi is Getty Married" in May.

Wiggles hosted its first event the "Spring 2009 Roxbury Children's Book Fair."

Also scheduled one at a local elementary school library.

All of these events took place within nine months - and boy was I exhausted.

I welcomed taking the summer to get my ducks in a row and taking on small projects that I am eager to announce.

I also enoyed chatting with writers belonging to the African American Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (who recently reorganized).

I learned allot from them and they are great supporters.

In September Wiggles will be at Cambridge Carnival and reading stories for children attending Kid Fest.

I will promoting my new authors and reading their stories and a few of my own.

Come see!

Cambridge Carnival