News!

So I may have some exciting news! I've been looking into publishing companies and may have found a good fit!  They contacted me yesterday wanting to talk about the book and options and whatnot. But they want to help me! They're interested! It's Trafford publishing.  They're a new Indie Publishing Company that seems really legit and a perfect fit for me. I hope so anyway.

So obviously I'm really excited about this. So because of this, I don't think I should put anymore of my book's progress online...just as a precautionary thing. I'm sorry for those that were interested in reading it, but just contact me by facebook or e-mail (hannah.utley@student.ottawa.edu) and I can keep you updated. I will still definitely be keeping everyone updated on the progress here, I just won't be able to post full chapters or anything.

Today: I started working on the Fallout some more, but I had to stop due to funeral events.  A young boy, Mitchell, passed away the other day in my hometown in a hunting accident and had his funeral today.  I would just ask everyone to please pray for Mitchell's family and the other boy involved, Matt, and his family.  They need them more than anything right now, though I know nothing can replace the loss of Mitchell.

Here's a poem I wrote awhile ago, after the disaster that struck Joplin, MO.  I know what happened here and what happened to Joplin are two different things, but they are both very tragic and I feel this poem applies here.

JOPLIN

Whether you’ve lived it

Or merely seen pictures

Or heard about it on the news

Disasters hit this earth every single day

Whether they be weather related

Tornados, hurricanes, earthquakes

Or man made

Shootings, wars, diseases

Whether it be an accident

Or on purpose

They happen to everyone

They don’t discriminate

They don’t care if you’re rich or poor

White or black, old or young

People ask, why us?

But truth be told,

There is no answer

No underlying reasons

God doesn’t hate us all

And seek to give cruel punishment

Bad things happen to good people

Good things happen to bad people

It’s a fact of life

God doesn’t do these things

He allows these things to happen

There’s a difference

Whether it be to teach us a lesson

Or to make us stronger

Or open our eyes

All experiences, good or bad,

Has a good and perfect meaning

We may not see it

In fact, we probably don’t

But God isn’t here to please us

Or show us the meaning of life

We are here to please Him

And learn to live in the moment

Cherishing everything we have

And everyone we love

More to come later! Please comment! Thanks for reading!

Hannah (: