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| Sherri Wilson Johnson |
The
Long and Winding Road
For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be a published
author. I dreamed from an early age about having my books on bookstore shelves.
I wanted to take writing classes but my family couldn’t afford them. This was
before the age of home computers and the Internet. Information on how to write
and be published wasn’t readily available.
I was at point A and wanted to get to point B but I didn’t
know how. And I wanted to be rich and famous.
I started writing To
Dance Once More in 1993 and after numerous rewrites, countless rejections,
a writing course, a conference, and practicing the craft, I achieved the goal
of being published in 2011 and again in 2012.
The road to publication was different than I thought it
would be. I had planned to study journalism and be an anchorwoman or a street
reporter while working toward my goal. Instead, I worked in an office. I
married, became a mom, and helped my husband run our business. I planned to
write fulltime when my kids went to school but God called me to homeschool.
Some would take this as a sign that it was time to give up the dream. But I
didn’t! During my fourteen years of homeschooling, I worked several part time
jobs but in my free time I wrote and somehow managed to write three novels and
a variety of other things.
Because my journey to publication took so much longer than I
thought it would, I have a richer, less selfish, more purposeful life. Because
of my experiences, my mistakes, my jobs, and the people who have come in and
out of my life, I have depth to me that I didn’t have before. That depth is
reflected in my writing.
Because of His direction, my goal is no longer to be rich
and famous but to spread the news of His great love to the world. Of course,
I’m still pressing on to realize the fullness of my dream—a spot on a bookstore
shelf.
God knows what’s best for us and He directs and narrows our
paths. His timing is always perfect. Each of us has a unique journey to
publication and it’s not always about the end as much as it is about the road
between point A and B. I hope this has inspired you to strive for your dreams
and to never give up!
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| Song of the Meadowlark |
Song of the Meadowlark is a Contemporary Inspirational Romance full of
hope, forgiveness, and second chances at life and love set in South Georgia on
a ranch with an ornery cowboy.
When trusting others only leads to pain and rejection, and
loving ends only in loss, what will it take to restore hope again? Shunned by
the uncovered truth about her missing husband’s secret life, Cora Buchanan sets
out on a road trip for home to mend her broken relationship with her parents.
When her car breaks down, she’s stranded in a small Georgia town. While staying
at the struggling Southern Hope Ranch, she meets little Susie O’Reilly, who
unexpectedly fills a void in Cora’s heart. But Rex, Susie’s rugged cowboy
father who lost his wife a year earlier, seems to go out of his way to either confront
or avoid Cora. It doesn’t help her comfort level that the news continues to
report missing and murdered women in the area. Cora has no idea just how close
to home the crimes will hit…or how much the sweet sound of the meadowlark’s
song at the ranch will impact her future.
Sherri Wilson
Johnson—Where Faith and Fiction Collide. Sherri lives in Georgia with her
husband, two children, and two dogs. She is an Inspirational Romance novelist,
a speaker, and a former homeschooling mom. She works with the women’s ministry
at her church and she loves to make people laugh. She’s passionate about purity
and sexual integrity. She’s a bird-watcher; loves the ocean, ice cream, Jesus
and her family. She is the author of To
Dance Once More (OakTara) and Song of
the Meadowlark (OakTara).
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