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    DON’T QUIT!

    On midnight of June 28, 2017 I sent my first ever novel, “Sengali: A Cat’s Tale”, off to the printers. It was a lifelong dream come true that also became a profound lesson in grace and perseverance. Self-publishing can be a very challenging, rewarding, grueling, fascinating, exhausting, exhilarating, frustrating and ultimately triumphant process. On that night of June 28 I had been consumed by it for well over a year and, quite frankly, was utterly spent: mentally, physically, and emotionally. I had just pressed through what I thought was the last of more barriers than I could count when yet another one smacked me down. Only a technical problem…but it…