I love to ride my Honda Scooter.

Filling up before heading into Quebec for a tour.

A Short Fuse Burning

You may wonder why I wanted to tackle a novel based on the Book of Revelation in the bible. Let's get real. It's a very hard book to understand and there have been hundreds of commentaries that put their spin on what the signs and wonders "really mean." God is the only One who knows exactly how things are going to play out. We can only guess or try mathematically to make things fit into a nice, neat box.
It took exactly three months to write this novel. I started by writing on paper, as we didn't have a computer back then. It was only two weeks later that a friend just happened to stop by and drop off a used computer.
I wondered how I would start to write the book. I prayed and then wrote the first line. The rest of the book wrote itself. Two months after I wrote it, the "Left Behind" series began, so I didn't copy a thing from them. I tried to get it published by mailing (at that time), three chapters; a cover letter, and a synopsis to the publishers that were in my Christian library at home.
Then I branched out to other publishing houses. Out of 85 packages that I mailed (lots of money in postage) in Canada and the U.S., I received about 18 replies back saying they get too many books and that most things sent like mine, ended up never being read and were used to line their garbage pails.
I was so discouraged, that this book along with "Escape To Killaloma," sat on a shelf collecting dust for sixteen years.
Then I self-published through Friesenpress.ca and got my hands on my first book. I was so happy that I cried. I submitted the novel to the indie writing contest by Foreword Book Reviews, in the U.S. It was a finalist in the Book Of The Year Awards, out of over 1400 entries.
Next time, I submitted "Escape To Killaloma," in the Word Alive Press publishing contest and it got an honourable mention out of hundreds of books.
My third book is an autobiography called "Rifles To Redemption." I submitted it to the Word Alive Press publishing contest as well and it got an honourable mention.
I still have only sold about 120 books altogether, to friends and family members. It's very discouraging in that respect, but I continue to put the books out there, in the hope that someone's heart may be touched and changed.
I started my own website ashortfuseburning1.com. Then I started a Facebook author page. I've now taken a stab at Instagram. I just can't give up, although it would be so easy just to throw away the boxes that are collecting dust in my basement. I began with such high hopes of being an author that would bring the message of hope Jesus offers, to people everywhere. I don't believe I just wrote them to give myself some self-satisfaction. There's got to be another answer, and until I find that out, I will continue to put my heart to words and see where it ends up.