How long did it take you to write TQR? And how long did it take to go from first day to published copies in stores? I think it’s fantastically written and you are an inspiration!

Ahh, thank you!

So, I wrote TQR in 48 days. But let me also say that there were quite a few things going on in my life at the time. I was working a full time job. My husband had just broken his ankle and had a 3 month recovery time. I was stressed to the max. And yet this book was an irresistible escape for me. I longed to have those moments in the evening and on the weekends to work on it. Let me also say that I was working at a college, and this was also the winter of Georgia’s “Snowpacalypse,” when 1 inch of snow shut down the state (because we are not well equipped for snow down here). So I ended up having about 2 weeks off of work, because the college closed for snow days. Which gave me the perfect time to draft this book.

I wrote TQR in January/February of 2015.

It didn’t arrive on bookshelves until February 6, 2018.

On average, it takes 2 years from the time a publisher acquires a manuscript to the time it is released in the wild. And that’s largely due to the fact that there are are quite a few factors that come into play to getting a book ready. The manuscript goes through three rounds of edits (at least). The sales team has to look at the publishing calendar, to see when the best season would be for a book to be released. And then if this is a debut, there is a lot that needs to be done marketing and promotional wise, to get the book plenty of exposure before it hits the shelves.