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The paralyzing fear and excitement of publishing your first book

So you did it.

You took the leap.

Pushed that button, and bam! Now your life’s work, your dear beloved characters are out there for the world to see.

Exciting right?

Hell no!

It is scary – terrifying!

Prepare for an anxiety attack that will prevent you from thinking about anything else.
What if people hate it? What if you suck at writing? What if you should have just stayed in the lab and not ventured into the world of publishing at all?

Even though you’ve spent tons of hours, days, years even, to perfect your book, and you edited it so many times, that hardly any of the original script remains, it is still impossible to be 100% sure if what you write is actually good.

Will people feel it? Will they laugh at the jokes? Cringe at the appalling stuff? Cry alongside the main character. Feel the heartache. Or will the reader remain unmoved, and just wonder why on earth they spent 6dollars buying this book?

Don’t even get me started on the reviews. What if they are all horrible? What if they find the most terrible typo, which completely destroys the meaning of a sentence? What if they hate the story? Finds the main character stereo typical?

These thoughts are impossible to keep out, and this is why, publishing a book, is the single most horrifying thing I have ever done.

So why did I do it?

I had to.

The story had to be told. The characters had to be released upon the world. I needed to share this exciting universe I had spent years upon years creating.

It wouldn’t be fair for me, to keep writing in this universe and not share it with the people around me and in the world.

That is why, underneath all the anxiety, an excited toddler is bouncing around in my mind. Never wavering in hope and optimism, and seeing everything as if for the first time. This is probably going to be one of the defining moments in my life, and hopefully I will look back at it, with no regrets – save for that one typo.

So all I can do now is sit back, relax, try to study for the exams, and just hope that people will love the universe and the characters as much as I do.

If you are as excited as I am, you can pre-order your copy of the book now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MROQH5N?...
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Published on November 24, 2016 06:34 Tags: fantasy, first-novel, shadow-wars, the-seeker