Authors are human, too
I probably jumped the gun on my Facebook page when I put up my upcoming book and labelled it “coming soon.” At that point, I had received the proof copy from Createspace and it was on the way to my Editor. However, editing, if done right (and she does it VERY right) is a time-consuming job. Editors have lives, too, and their health gets in the way, family life gets in the way, anything that can go wrong with a life does.
While she was busy editing and handling her own family and business affairs, I had my own health crisis, and I am here to tell you all that I am among the luckiest of women. I tell everyone that I know full well just how lucky I am.
On March 13th, I had a stroke. Not a big one, but a stroke nonetheless.
It has affected my balance, and I had a rather dramatic demonstration of that even before the results of the MRI were analyzed. The very day of the MRI, I fell and broke my wrist, not to mention cracked my elbow and sprained my jaw from how hard my face hit. (A bit of humor: I was on soft food for a week.) That was followed by a nasty case of bronchitis, which I am prone to, but not this severe. I blame it on the stroke’s shock to my system.
When I think of what else might have happened to me for having a stroke, I assure you I give thanks.
If you have read an earlier post of mine, you know I have a rare disease that took 25 years to be diagnosed. I can’t decide whether to be annoyed or relieved that now the doctors are finally paying attention. (I could have used a bit of this undivided focus for those 25 years!) I have been sent from doctor to doctor as they try to ensure that another stroke won’t follow this one.
Thank goodness my editor didn’t get all the editing back to me, because I wouldn’t have been able to focus on it right now. She tells me it will be another couple weeks, so hopefully I will be through the rash of doctoring when it comes. I fully expect both the editing and the first version of my Warrior audiobook to arrive about the same time, so I will have to listen to one book while I try to rewrite the other! That’s why I have to get this stroke situation under control and quickly!
I’m actually a fairly quick rewriter, and she gives me exact details on what is wrong, so that helps me to fix it. All I can do now is take care of myself, follow all the doctor’s directions, get plenty of sleep, and hope for the best.
While she was busy editing and handling her own family and business affairs, I had my own health crisis, and I am here to tell you all that I am among the luckiest of women. I tell everyone that I know full well just how lucky I am.
On March 13th, I had a stroke. Not a big one, but a stroke nonetheless.
It has affected my balance, and I had a rather dramatic demonstration of that even before the results of the MRI were analyzed. The very day of the MRI, I fell and broke my wrist, not to mention cracked my elbow and sprained my jaw from how hard my face hit. (A bit of humor: I was on soft food for a week.) That was followed by a nasty case of bronchitis, which I am prone to, but not this severe. I blame it on the stroke’s shock to my system.
When I think of what else might have happened to me for having a stroke, I assure you I give thanks.
If you have read an earlier post of mine, you know I have a rare disease that took 25 years to be diagnosed. I can’t decide whether to be annoyed or relieved that now the doctors are finally paying attention. (I could have used a bit of this undivided focus for those 25 years!) I have been sent from doctor to doctor as they try to ensure that another stroke won’t follow this one.
Thank goodness my editor didn’t get all the editing back to me, because I wouldn’t have been able to focus on it right now. She tells me it will be another couple weeks, so hopefully I will be through the rash of doctoring when it comes. I fully expect both the editing and the first version of my Warrior audiobook to arrive about the same time, so I will have to listen to one book while I try to rewrite the other! That’s why I have to get this stroke situation under control and quickly!
I’m actually a fairly quick rewriter, and she gives me exact details on what is wrong, so that helps me to fix it. All I can do now is take care of myself, follow all the doctor’s directions, get plenty of sleep, and hope for the best.
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Rochelle
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Jun 25, 2018 07:16AM
Hay hun I hope your all better and working on book 5. Your books I can't put down. I understand recovery can take some time from a stroke. I had a TIA and that took time to recover from. I have HM and suffer from stroke like symptoms a lot. ER visits are fun when you know they will say "your fine but rest. Thank you for coming. See you next week when it happens again." I love your books, I speck for my whole family and friends in the area. We all love your books and wait patiently for the next one.
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