Hi,
I called several friends and neighbors yesterday evening in CT and shared the news of my upcoming author events with them. The variety of reactions was interesting... from "O.K...", "Wow!" to "I'm so proud of you!"... the reason I called was because I didn't want friends to find out from the local newspaper and think I'm a snob in any way.
I'm the same person now as I was before... only now the book is out - it's no longer just a manuscript - and I'm a 'published' author.
The work however is the same. It continues. The stories are different and the characters I deal with have grown older than the previous book or are different altogether.
Writing books has been a journey. It still is. I called my friends to personally invite them to the events. I hope my readers will understand that I'm still the same person when I talk. Nothing has changed. Except the work. the manuscript is now a book.