READER'S ROCK LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE VOL 2 ISSUE 4 NOVEMBER 2014 VOL 2 ISSUE 3 OCTOBER 2014 | Page 46

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eing this is a mystery issue, I realized there’s
more to “mystery” than only being a popular
and worthy genre in the reading world. I
mean, who doesn’t love a great mystery? The
suspense, the constant feat of trying to figure out
what the outcome will be – what will happen next,
and the popular “who dunnit” factor? Humbly, JLB
Creatives Publishing has been living a mystery of
success ever since we opened our doors in January.
After researching the industry for three years, alone,
I found that opening a publishing company which
would, in time, prove to be a success was going to
take far more effort than one person could even
begin to handle. I didn’t become defeated. I knew it
would happen – just not then. I knew the people
were out there that would make the JLBCP team
exactly what it needed to be, and a small still voice
kept saying, “Put it on the back burner…the right
time will come.”
So I did just that. While the publishing company was
on “simmer” I continued to write my novels and
self-publish them one by one. I found myself being
invited to local author showcases, producing local
author events with fellow authors, and being handed
an opportunity to become a co-facilitator to a Young
Writer’s Workshop. I was having the time of my life,
and had actually forgotten about the “simmering pot
of publishing.”

Late in 2012 a trade-published author, with whom I
had chatted with at a couple of local author events,
gave me a call out of the clear blue. Shocked, I
found myself setting a lunch date with this fabulous
lady to engage in literary shoptalk. She made the
remark that she wanted to hook up and see what we
could do together to make things happen in the
literary world. She mentioned she thought there was
more to me than met the eye, and knew I would
make a good team player in the industry. Honored
and humbled in the same breath I graciously
extended my gratitude for such a compliment. Soon
our lunch date had turned into once-a-week
meetings. After a few weeks she looked at me and
said, “We need to become a publishing company that
presents worthy authors the opportunity to get their
works published in a professional manner. Whatta ya
think?”
Needless to say, I nearly choked on my latte`! I said,
“Are you kidding me?” Then I proceeded to explain
to her what I had been working on the past couple of
years. We spent the remainder of 2013 preparing,
researching, and planning, as well as hand-selecting
a JLB Creatives Publishing team of literary
professionals we had networked with along the way.
The JLBCP team we put together holds a combined
total of 100+ years experience in the industry.
January 13, 2014 arrived and five women found