Every writer knows that the path to publication is long and paved with lots of rejection slips. It has always been encouraging to me to read about how a story came to life. How a book went from concept to bound pages sitting on a shelf. Starting Monday, lots of authors will be trickling through to tell you about their stories' journeys.

If you are a writer, I hope these stories will be a great encouragement to you. Getting published does take time, but with a lot of hard work and perseverance, it is not impossible. Keep on keepin' on and one day you too will hold your very own work in your hands.

If you are a reader, I'm sure you will find the path your favorite book traveled to make it into your hands, an interesting one.

Monday we will start off the author line-up with OakTara author, Bruce Judisch.