Sometimes, even when you are signed to an agent, your book may not be quite ready for publication or to go on submission. Your book may require more intensive work, years even, of revising until it is ready for submission.

I had been in touch with my literary agent since 2020 prior to her signing me. I first pitched her/queried her in summer 2020, but she signed me in summer 2022!

Why am I reading? How come? It’s like asking me why am I breathing.  I suppose I don’t know how not to be reading! Even when I’m going through a slump and think to myself that I won’t read for a while, sooner than later my heart aches and I start to feel anxious.

Here are all the books I read (excluding the ebooks and the ones I gave away.) I may read one more by 2021. It was a difficult year so reading was truly an escape.

The drive to Manuel Antonio Beach in Quepos was worth it and simply beautiful: witnessing the natural wonder, discovering other beach towns and small-towns along the way, and seeing the majestic greeneries of Costa Rica, was a beautiful experience.

D.R. Congo is a country that is full of beauty, wonder, and mystery. Every time I travel home, I feel renewed and rejuvenated. Here is a small glimpse of life in D.R. Congo. From Kivu: Goma; Bukavu to Kinshasa.