Going Viral: A Curse and a Blessing

By Joanna Good

March 12th at 7AM, one snooze button away from getting up and getting my kids ready for school, I hit the big yellow button and closed my eyes—then remembered what day it was, shot up and grabbed my phone, scaring my cat off the bed.

The email sent two hours prior was simple: a link, and “It’s up!”

This was it, I was finally a published author. The dream I’d had since I was 6 had finally happened 33 years later.

I opened Facebook to share my news, but instead was fl...