Catherine Ann Stone

I am a woman. I have a business. I have a family. I have a book. I have a painting studio. My house needs a lot of work. I hate that kind of work. I am president of Coldfire Inc. One of my sons is the CEO. He is rather young to have that title but I did not want to be CEO. Nor president but I am what I am. I almost died 4 years ago going on 5. Twice. I am still here. That is what my book is about. It is titled Down to the Marrow but I wanted it to be titled Fourth of July Girl. I lost that battle with my publisher. I also lost the battle of the cover design, the marketing plan and all battles to do with that book. I am wounded author but alive. I am now writing another one. It will take forever because I know too much about publishing to let it be spontaneous. This is what publishers do. They wound authors. It will make my publisher cry when I find someone else to publish it. Good. Let 'em weep. I am actually a happy person. I have everything and now I have two kittens. What was I thinking?