I do love what I do, and I have written several books. Writing is the easy part—getting published is the hard part! LOL
You said you were Cherokee? Eastern or western? My people are from eastern NC originally. I’m a Heinz 57—Cherokee, Welsh, Scotch irish....
None of the above.
Great Grandfather Roberts is buried in Oklahoma and I have one photo of him...[Dad’s Grandfather] On the reservation.
Dad’s mother was a full blood Scots and from Virginia.
They also had connection to Mississippi, as that is where Dad was born, but then his Dad was one of the Cherokee’s working on the railroad.
Mother was from Texas, as were her parents and grandparents.
You do not have any doubts of their blood line, looking at the family photos, tall, dark and so proud.
Farmers mixed in on both sides.
I have not traced the line, and for years some of them tried to hide the fact that we are indian, but certain habits and thoughts made me start asking questions.
I asked my mom, she said not me, talk to your dad.
So I wrote to him, and found out he was half, but mom was a full blood and when I got to her side of the family, they all said they were Cherokee, that my mom had been tired of the indian label and moved to California for a new start, so she decided she was Irish/Spanish......
One cousin on mom’s side was working on it, but has died and we do not know what happened to her work.
My brother and I are the tall thin kind.
The rest are short and stout.
and I have written several books. Writing is the easy part—getting published is the hard part!<<<
Forgot to say that I am not surprised that you have them already written....
It is in our genes.
Can you self publish? What about selling them on CD’s?
I am super tired and not thinking clearly right now, I think the word that I want is manuscript, but the one I am talking about was printed on better paper and was being sold for a figure like $50.00.
I thought as i listened, what a neat way to make money, the guest on the talk show, said he had 50 manuscripts to sell, and he did in a few minutes and I always wanted to know how many times he sold them with numbers of 1 to 50.
The callers were wild to buy a “manuscript”.
I like the way the Soap Makers were publishing their books, in loose leaf notebooks, so they could send or sell you more information as it was written.
They were selling for $39.00, one of the writers, I would have paid that for her book, as I know what Rita’s writing is and it is worth it.
There are many, who swear by self publishing.
So do not give up, you will make it.