The birth of a life changing novel was concieved three days before Christmas. It was 12 in the morning. I was snacking on a pack of saltine crackers with a side of fruit punch. I turned the tv on, and switched it to Youtube. I decided to watch my favorite Youtuber (at the time) Logan Paul. It was around the time he made why the current year was the best year of his life. Who knew the guy who'd screw his life up the next week would change mine forever? Not me of course. I don't regret liking him though. If I hadn't watched his video I would have never thought to write my book. Continue it actually. I remember the exact words that made me start putting my dreams onto a document. “ I bought my first six million dollar house at the age of 22.” It might not have been those words exactly, but it was something like that. I thought to myself, “ If he's 22 and a millionare, why can't I be 15 and a millionare?” There were plenty of kids my age making almost a million dollars a year. Here I was sitting on the couch watching someone live their dream. Why couldn't I do the same? So it began. I opened my laptop, and made a new document named 12 Hours. It wasn't just him that motivated me, it was the future I saw for myself. I saw my book becoming a bestseller and even a movie. I saw myself going to countless meet and greets and accepting awards. I would even go in the mirror, dress up and practice what I would say if I ever went on the Ellen show. I knew this book would change my life. That's why I finished it in four months. Know that I was also in school. I'd finish all my work early so I could have time to write my book. I even had to change the title of the document tempotarily because people kept asking what I was doing. At the time I wanted it to be secret. I wanted people to know I had written a book oncr it got big. Like New York Times big. Anyways, once I finished my book, I felt like a new person. I no longer felt like a girl. I felt like a woman. I had no knowledge about the literary world, so I had to do my research. I found out that I needed a literary agent. Being that my favorite author is James Dashner, I thought to email his old agent. He did email me back ...months later. Fortunately it wasn't bad news. It wasn't great news either. He simply stated that he wasn't lookkng to represent my genre right now. That was probably the most exciting news of my life. He didn't say my book was bad. I knew my book must be something if James Dashner's ex-agent didn't say my book was bad. I then did some more research. I learned that going through a publishong company meant you didn't get all your money. I was immediately repulsed. That's when I discovered self-publishing. I also found out there were pro's and con's. Pro's, I got all my money. Con's I would have to market my book myself and I wouldn't become a best seller. To be a New York Times bestseller, you'd have to sell 9,000 copies the first week it went public. I knew there was no way I could do that. So I decided to start looking for publishing companies that would publish your book without a literary agent. As time went on I suddenly got a letter in the mail from a publishong company in Pittsburgh. I thought to myself, “ How does a publishing company in Pittsburgh know about my book?” After I read the letter I figured out that they found my book on some list when I had it copyrighted. I ended up looking up the company. I didn't see good reviews. I did email them. I hadn't promised them anything. I simply asked them about what they could offer me. They never emailed me back. Maybe a couple days later I found a self publishing company an hour from me. Long story short we emailed back and forth because I made a tiny mistake (don't email your manuscript with one email and follow up with another). I'm still waiting to hear back. By this point I had grown impatient. I needed my book to be published. I wanted to be known for my work. I also needed money. So I started a Go Fund Me page. I still haven't gotten any donations, but maybe it's a sign. Maybe I don't need money to get myself out there. I just need a device and the Google Docs app. Then it hit me. Why stop at one book? I decided to make 12 Hours a series. But that wasn't enough. I needed to expand my horizon. I needed to be known for more than writing scifi books. I decided to dip into the world of romance. The cheesiest and most romantic movie I could think of was Twilight. What was more cheesy than Vampire romamce? I probably wrote about seven chapters until I realized romance wasn't my thing. I decided to creep into the world of horror. I am absolutley in love with the book I'm writing. Am I still stuck in a rut? Yes. No one said it would be easy.