My first words here

I have written this post over a hundred times. In my head, on paper, in a draft, and every time I erased it from the last word all the way back to the first. I struggled to find the words that would express how incredibly excited I am to be doing this. Writing a story down. And sharing that story.

I've always told stories, long ones, and short ones (I think everyone else still thought these were too long because I can't imagine telling a story without details). I've made some up, I've shared ones I've heard from someone who heard it from someone else, and sometimes I tell my story. And in writing, I think I get to do all of those things combined. Tell short memories between best friends. Explore the troupe of enemies to lovers over pages of chemistry. I get to hint at real exchanges between myself and someone from years ago, and comments I made to a stranger yesterday. I get to do all of it. Because it's mine.

Read The Daystar Prophecy Now

I started building The Daystar Prophecy one summer when I was working at a golf course. I think the months of mowing tee boxes and greens finally caught up to me because I couldn't listen to music anymore, so instead I started making up a fantasy world in my head. I'd think up dialogue between characters with witty remarks, mentally crossing out lines I didn't like and magic that didn't make sense to me. At the end of that summer, I wrote down what I had. And then I left it for almost a year. Then I started again, but again I left it alone for a year.

Eventually, I found the courage, the story, and the words that wrote the book for me. I am forever grateful to life, people, and this beautiful world that God has created for us. All of these things inspire my writing every day. Thank YOU for wanting to read the make-believe sprinkled with the real.

Best wishes from the clouds,

Hailee