This year to celebrate Independence day, I'm going to do it by celebrating Independent Authors and Artists everywhere! This is a fabulous time to be a writer or designer/artist or any other kind of creative person. Being able to self publish has given authors the chance to not only express themselves, but the possibility of making a living or even supplemental income, that they may not have been able to do before. Along with ebooks and POD's for printed books, as with Amazon, Barnes & Noble and CreateSpace. And many products and gifts, through Cafepress and Zazzle, and Etzy, authors and artists are being heard and seen and discovered. Those are just a few of the companies that can be found on the internet. How wonderful to have the freedom to do that. Creative people are the flowers of the world...and we are in full bloom! Happy Independence Day!