The Gemini Saga and other stories #rerelease #newrelease #apocalyptic #crohns #CD

Today I am fortunate to announce that Ellysian Press has picked up ALL my books from Crescent Moon Press. This comes as a fantastic opportunity because the editing and formatting are above reproach as I discovered with Innocent Blood. 

As a writer, I've learned it is difficult getting your work out there in a venue that is choked with traditional, vanity, self-published and boutique publishers.  One book I've had traditionally published, but I hated the formatting. The next two were boutique and I discovered the editing and formatting were atrocious. 

Now, I'm trying a small press. I love the people at Ellysian and I have found them  easy to work with. As an editor in a past life, I know how hard it is to edit in the first place, which is why I never self-published. I cannot edit my own work.  So here's a big shout out to Ellysian for picking me up. It is greatly appreciated and I look forward to working with you!

I try to get the word out about Crohn's Disease as the disorder has radically changed my life. If you don't know, I had my first attack in my teens, one of my worst attacks at the age of thirty-two then had an epic attack in my fifties that continues to upset me from time to time. I have gained fifty pounds and lost fifty pounds all depending on my condition at the time. I belong to support groups, mostly on Facebook. I feel like I know these people well, especially the artists group I am part of.

What has never happened to me before is the loss of someone I hold dear in my heart to a disease we both shared. She passed away last Wednesday taking with her a piece of me. She was one of the bravest people I've ever known. Like me, she had a daughter with Ulcerative Colitis, unlike me, her husband passed away and again, unlike me, she'd been in remission for over twenty years. 

This flare was the worst she'd ever known. She didn't want to take more than prednisone because she'd already fought cancer and won. Most of the other drugs heighten the risk of cancer so she took the only medication she could to fight the disease. She fought hard. And this time, she lost.

It takes a lot of heart to fight Crohn's and I've never known anyone who fought harder. I know I will see her on the other side of the rainbow. She'll be waving and smiling and beckoning this old Crohnie over.

And to all of you reading,  I wish you a wonderful Easter where we remember a man who died on a cross and rose three days later. With the times being what they are, most people don't believe anymore. To me, that's like saying there isn't any magic left in the world. As I often tell people, I don't believe in religion, I believe in God. There is a heaven, there is a place waiting for us on the other side, and I intend to be there waving my family over much like my friend.