Book Release! Rescue Your Family

Friends!

It's been way too long since I've posted here!

How to explain...

You know how sometimes life throws a curve ball at us that knocks us off our feet for a while? Well, that's what happened to my family. It's been a strange three years.

As writers, part of our healing process usually includes writing about it. That's what I've done. After a period of stunned silence, I found my voice again.

And so today I proudly announce my latest book release, Rescue Your Family. This book is deeply personal, and along with the release comes a certain level of fear. But I'm tired of being afraid. I've decided to kick fear in the gut and move forward in order to use my story to help others.

With this latest book release comes a whole lot of hope--hope that you or someone you know will be blessed by it. Hope that it'll find its way into the hands of the spouse who's hurting and confused. Hope that it'll reach someone who's on the fence about leaving their family, and persuade them to stay and rescue what seems lost.

Won't you help me help others? Share the book. Share my story. Share the hope.

Click below to download a copy:

Amazon
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iTunes

My full collection of books can be found on www.juliemusil.com.

I'd love to hear an update from you guys! How have you been? What are you working on? Please share!

Invest in What Really Matters #IWSG

Welcome, Insecure Writers! If you haven't yet joined this group, do it here. This group, created by Alex J. Cavanaugh, is such a valuable community.

As a mom of three teen sons--one a high school senior who's heading off to college this August *wipes tears*--I have a wistful perspective on family, writing, and publishing.

Invest in what really matters.

Yes, the written word matters. Yes, pursuing our publishing dream matters. But nothing, nothing, should take the place of time spent the people who matter most.

I used to pursue writing skills and the publishing path with a vigor and passion that sometimes bordered on unhealthy. I soon realized that writing, or publishing, or sales numbers don't matter much if my family isn't at the top of my priority list. I vowed to write and work on the business side of publishing only while my kids are at school or otherwise occupied. Manuscripts can wait...family shouldn't have to.

As my son prepares to graduate from high school, I'm especially nostalgic. One thing I know for sure: I won't have regrets about the amount of time I've spent with him.

Let's write, let's publish, and let's invest in what really matters: the people we love.

Have your priorities ever gone off kilter? If you have kids, how do you prioritize them while also scheduling writing time? If you've had teens leave for college, any advice you can offer this soon-to-be-crazy-sad mom?

Silver Linings

Welcome back, everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season.

I'm a silver linings kind of gal, and I've blogged about it before, but I hope you'll indulge me while I do it again.

During our sons' two week vacation, we'd planned on camping among enormous sand dunes in Glamis, CA. My husband and sons like riding ATVs & dirt bikes, and I enjoy chillin' at camp with my sisters and friends. It's a family favorite of ours.

This year, we had to cancel our trip. My firefighter hubby was scheduled to work New Year's Eve, and couldn't get the day off. (What? Emergencies don't take holidays? Psh) All of us were very disappointed, but our kids handled the news much better than expected.

We started a game. There were silver linings to canceling our trip, and we challenged each other to find them. I began the game with, "Silver lining! Our new kitties don't have to be alone." From there, the boys picked up on the game. After spending a simple day doing simple things, one of them would say...

Silver lining! We got to have friends over today.

Silver lining! We got to go to the movies.

Silver lining! We went bowling.

Silver lining! We went to a friend's New Year's Eve party.

On and on it went. Yes, we were sad about the trip, but Plan B was a lot of fun. And sometimes Plan B works best in writing and publishing as well.

Your Best Manuscript Ever was soundly rejected? Silver lining! It was a great learning experience.

Dream Agent rejected your manuscript? Silver lining! The perfect agent will fall in love with it.

Big Publisher rejected your manuscript? Silver lining! Small Publisher is your strongest advocate.

Tired of hearing no, or simply want more control? Silver lining! Self-publishing thrives.

Things don't always go the way we want, in regular life and in the writing life. But silver linings are there, we just have to look for them.

Tell me, did your writing path swerve, but Plan B turned out to be better? Are you able to find silver linings when your best laid plans go wrong?

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