At my age and in this time of life, social media just does NOT hold much of an appeal to me.    I got off of FB quite a while back and never established any other kind of social media presence. 

Then I retired.  And then, I really wanted to start writing children’s books.  THEN, I joined a writing group called Hope*Writers, one of the best decisions of my adult/retired life.  But, one of the constant suggestions that was a part of teachings from experienced authors, agents, and publishers was TO ESTABLISH A SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE and DEVELOP A TARGET AUDIENCE. 

OMG.  Me whining, “All I want to do is write some children’s books”.

THAT is the purpose of this blog and why I am sharing it with you. 

My daughter helped me design the website and that was no easy task.  There is a “BOOKS- Coming Soon” section with the children’s books that I’ve created. There are three stories in the “God Made” section where a dad shares Biblical stories with his little girl.  There are also three stories in the “Paul Peters” section, and these are about a boy and his dog, teaching values and responsibility.   Writing the stories was creative and wonderful.  The difficult challenge now is finding an agent or a publisher who shares my vision and is willing to take a chance; finding someone who also believes that “booking time with our kids” can truly enrich their lives, and might be willing to work with a new, unknown writer.

I hope the books can provide a time to shut out the world and sit down with our little ones, teaching them about God’s creation and perfect design.

I have NOT done a very good job of promoting myself or this platform, and I’m asking you to help me.   I’m asking you to share this weekly blog (https://ninawheeling.com/) to any young mothers, fathers, teachers, grandparents, caregivers, young parents, or churches who may be interested in reading ideas for their kiddoes.  They can subscribe for a short, weekly book idea at the bottom of each page, an idea about how to make reading with our youngsters fun and engaging.

I am back on FB now, as Nina Maria, for various writing workshops and teachings, and it has been very useful for that purpose.  Instagram has been a huge leap for me.  I literally started an account LAST NIGHT and am watching YouTube videos about how to use it!   I need some honest advice on how to promote these ideas and simple children’s books with biblical, traditional themes.  If you’re willing, help an old girl learn new tricks 😊.   Help an old teacher, wanna-be-author learn how to share traditional ideas that can help us “book some time with our kids!”

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I’m learning that I’m just going to have to keep pushing myself out of my comfort zone, and that writing/promoting children’s books requires so much more than just writing! 

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