Writing a book is similar to learning to ride a bike!

Writing a first book is like learning how to ride a bicycle- an author must inquire a few falls after the training wheels come off. I felt like all the writing classes that I've taken was me with writing training wheels on; and now that I am actual engaged in writing a book I feel like I am experiencing writing with just two wheels. It is amazing to see that two days after an incredible vacation in Europe, I have been strapped to my computer keys writing and researching. Isn't crazy how quickly our lives shift from one thing to the next! If anything, it keeps life exciting.

At first I felt a bit unorganized, and slightly confused about what I was supposed to write. I felt that perhaps I wasn't fit to help my father write one of his dream books on baseball, but then I realized I am fit. I am a good writer who knows a lot about baseball and who has watched her father dive into his love of the sport. I also remembered how much I love going to games with him and having that father/daughter bonding time revolve around baseball. I realized that I have wanted to be a published author ever since I was 15-years-old and now my dream is being a reality. I realized that I am more than ready to spend my summer entrenched on my computer giving hours and hours of myself towards looking at a screen while still wearing my PJ's. I realized that I am okay with forgetting to shower at times and being so mentally exhausted that all I want to do is go to bed at 9:30 p.m.

For me this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. I am diving with my dad into writing this book and I am so excited to be the one doing the diving versus the one watching the dives (as I have in the past.) What I am most excited about is sharing my good days/ my bad days and the one's in between with all of you and sharing it with my father as well! I cannot wait to see my name and my photo on the cover of a book that will be sold in bookstores all over America. Is this really happening? IT REALLY IS!