In 18 days, my debut novel launches. When the book was finally completed, I felt relieved, as though I accomplished something I never thought possible. Now, however, I just feel nervous. All kinds of questions are filling my head. What if it’s not good enough? How will I handle the situation if someone leaves a […]

I’d say I’m a little fish in a big pond, but I’m more like a tadpole in a vast ocean. Marketing my novel, when it comes out in three weeks, will be interesting with my minuscule following on social media. That’s okay, though. I never had the impression my book would be a best seller. […]

I’ve heard other writers use terms related to pregnancy when referring to the process of writing a book. I never got that. I may even have thought it was silly. Well, I was wrong. It makes perfect sense. Over the past several years that I’ve worked on this book, some of the process was fun […]

I had no idea how confusing it would be to create a cover. Okay, I am, how shall we put it… older. Maybe that’s the reason I found it so confusing. In theory it sounded so simple: download a template, place your image, your text, and then get rid of the template layer. Yeah, so […]

Having the proof copy of my book proves I actually finished it. It’s been a long process involving a lot of research but I’m closing in on the finish line. It’s nearly Spring and it’s nearly publication time. I thought my research ended with the final chapter of the book but I was wrong. It […]