Most normal people write books. Normal doesn’t come easily to me, so I’m drawing a book. If you are fixin’ (learned to say that from my friends in Texas) to draw a book, where do you begin?

With questions, lots of questions. Before diving into a project of monumental proportions, it is good to know a little bit.

I admit it – shingle-siding is my favorite!

1. Will anyone care? Is there a market? Do I have an audience? Can I find the audience? Never mind, now we’re veering into marketing questions that will have to be addressed in another post.

2. Will anyone care enough to buy this book? Caring is one thing. Caring enough to spend hard-earned dollars is another level. Never mind, now I’m veering into accounting questions which I might just ignore for awhile.

3. Do I have the ability? Do I have the stamina? Am I able to plan, execute, problem solve, decide, find the necessary companies and people to make this happen? Never mind, now I’m veering into territory that makes me need to go lie down for a bit.

4. Do I have the right? Is this my book to create or is there someone more qualified? Will people allow me to have a peek into cabin life and learn enough about their particular community to give this book validity?

These are all questions I considered carefully before saying YES I WILL! YES I CAN!

I’ll share the answers I found for these questions in the next blog posts.