An Inspiring 4-H Evening!

An inspiring evening progressed as two local authors, Clarabell Moses and Jessica Wyantt, shared their writing experiences with Rocket 4-H members at their regular monthly meeting.    

Clarabell Moses shared with the group her inspiration in writing.  Moses said, “Many evenings my husband shared with me stories of his childhood while I recorded them.”  This became her first published book titled, Thomas Moore of Cub Creek and later a fictional book titled, Trudy’s Story.

Jessica Wyantt published her first book called, Whirlwind.  She informed the group that she started writing when her baby was sick with acid reflux.  “I remember rocking and soothing my baby off and on all night and day while writing on the computer at the same time.”  It was a challenging time and writing helped her push through while helping her son.

4-Hers asked several questions; such as how were you able to get your books published?  Each chose a different route.  One chose to self publish and have a relative to edit her writings while the other author chose to hire a company who did all the editing for her, gave her bookmarks, introduced to bookstores, etc…

Each author agreed that writing is fun and takes them to places they have never been.  One does not need a college degree; just a passion to write and to connect with people.

Rocket 4-H wishes to thank these two wonderful ladies for taking time out of their evening to inspire and to encourage.