Former resident Thomas Ramsey has self- published his first novel, “It takes A While.”

The novel, which includes material about Vicksburg and Mississippi is fiction said Ramsey “But I used my life as an outline.”

Ramsey, who now resides at St. Catherine’s Village, in Madison, is an experienced writer and has published a music education textbook, a dual language Spanish/English collection of essays, short stories and diaries, and has written articles for professional journals, when he was an active music educator in New York.

Ramsey’s novel, a story of one man’s journey and the forces that impact his life and his love of travel is an adventure and a love story rolled into one he said.

The cost of the novel is $15 with a $5 shipping and handling charge and checks should be made out to Tom Ramsey and mailed to Susan Ramsey 5605 Prescott Ave., Castle Rock CO 80104.