As English was my favourite subject during my early school days, writing essays and compositions were my favourite pastimes.

During my adult years, I’ve always wanted to publish a book and driven to make the concept a reality, rather than waiting for a mainstream publisher to decide whether they would be willing to buy my work, with my future in my hands, I am happy to have been able to choose one of a number of alternative routes by self-publishing my debut novel entitled, ‘Out of Her League.’

Self-publishing, not for the faint-hearted, can be a very risky move. I applied strengthening faith and trust in God when handing over my work to the self-publishing company, work that had taken me two years to write. Boy, do I have a story to tell one day! As challenging as self-publishing is, with no viably evident controls in place monitoring the activities of self-publishing companies, I have learned a great deal about the publishing industry, but not everything!!

Challenges in the self-publishing industry have taught me to be thick-skinned and firmly focussing on keeping the end result in mind, I can state that the challenges were worth going through. Finally seeing my book in print, on Amazon, Google and various websites is quite exhilarating and encouraging.

I wish all struggling authors the best, that their dreams will come true and, may I state, "Never give up."

God bless you all.

Love, Delores (awards)