The Book Nook Inn

The Book Nook Inn - at KyneWynn's Chronicles    has the full story, and in depth updates for the project. 

I love books. My love of stories began when I was a small girl sitting on my father’s lap as he read to us on Sunday afternoons. Reading is one of my passions. My home is filled with books, just about in every nook and cranny. In fact, I am going to build a Book Nook.


I love helping other people. Through the years that I’ve lived in my home, I’ve taken in a dozen different people, for various reasons, from a few weeks to almost two years.


I love my job. It lets me write all day every day. The problem is, even with a full-time job, it’s challenging in our current economy to stretch my single full-time income enough to cover my modest expenses in the two-income world we now live in.


After I was widowed eleven years ago, I went back to college and earned my degree while I finished raising my kids. (Having four teenagers at home is not for the weak hearted!) After many long hours, late nights, and blood, sweat, and tears, I graduated in 2008, and spent the next five years working multiple part-time jobs to make ends meet, until I simply couldn’t anymore, and had what you could term, an almost literal, meltdown. I could barely function, it was difficult to even leave my house, it took Herculean effort to do anything, and that’s where I was for over two years.


Through the grace of God, and with help from some close friends, family members, and especially my six children, I have worked my way out of that deep dark abyss. Seven months ago, I was blessed to finally land a full-time job, writing (which is what I went to school for), and I love it. But, it is an entry-level job, with entry level pay,  and that brings me to the point of doing a Go Fund Me.


My income almost covers everything. Almost. So I have a monthly income gap, which is not getting any smaller or going away. My children are amazing, but I can’t keep asking them for money to make up the difference every month. (I COULD, and they would, but I simply don’t want to anymore.)


As I have thought about this, I have come to several conclusions: 1) I am not physically/mentally capable of taking on a second, away from home job. 2) I need to find a way to use the assets I have to become self-sufficient, and 3) I want to keep offering my house as a place for people to stay.


With those things in mind, I have come up with a plan, which I am working (and making slow progress) toward, of converting my basement into suitable lodgings so I can become a host for Airbnb (Bed and Breakfast).  Airbnb is a website for people to list, find, and rent lodging. My Air BnB will be literature-themed with a Secret Garden room, Three Musketeers room, etc.. I want to provide some of that lodging for vacationers, conference attendees, and people simply traveling through the area. Eventually I’d like to offer writers’ retreats here, as a place where writers can network, get feedback, and learn from guest writers, editors, and agents in a relaxed and friendly environment.  But to start, I want to have two rooms ready to go by May 1st, which is in just a few weeks. With your help, I can do it! 


More details about what I still need to do to make this happen, and my vision of the themed rooms I am creating are in my blog, KyneWynn’s Chronicles. If  you feel so inclined, I would indeed be grateful for any help, you can provide, be it financial, goods, services, prayers, or just positive thoughts.