Reluctant Blogger

You can imagine that if it took me 40 years to commit to writing a book about Sergei Kourdakov then the notion of starting a blog was a huge undertaking for me.  I reluctantly committed to blogging after my daughter convinced me that it was an important step that goes hand in hand with writing a book.  It is a way for people to know the author before the book is actually published.  And the author finds an audience.  It’s a two way street.  Truthfully, I didn’t think I could do either, write a book or a blog.  It was a surprise to discover that blogging pushed me to continue writing my book.  It was a twist of events I didn’t foresee.

I now understand the reason for blogging.  My blog gives me free rein to talk about thoughts and questions that come up as I write A Rose for Sergei.  Why is that important?  My book is written from my perspective when I was 21 because that is how I remember my time with Sergei.  So the book stays within that time frame.  My blog is written from my viewpoint today.

As I got further along with my book I saw things differently.  The pieces of the puzzle fit together in a way I could never have understood at age 21.  I am surprised at the number of coincidences that I never realized until I wrote everything down.  I told myself I was reading more into this than there really was.  Looking back all these years later, from an adult perspective, it makes me wonder . . .

Was it really just a coincidence that Sergei and I met?