At last...

Well we finally pinpointed a date, time and place to have the release party for Maters, Taters & Grits. As I was creating the event page for it on Facebook, I wondered to myself how many people outside of my close friends and family would actually come. How many books should I have on hand? Then I started thinking what if I don't sell ANY books? What if only a handful of people show up? Who am I anyway? It's my first book, I'm just a small town girl, trying to get MY words noticed. That's when it hit me. I'm using the emphasis on the wrong words.
I'm just a small TOWN girl. Who AM I anyway? What if I don't SELL any books? See how that changes things? I am who I am. I am B.S. Johnson, writer, mother, wife, daughter. If I don't sell a lot of books, perhaps giving some away is the better option for me. And if only a handful of people show up, guess what? That handful will talk about it to another handful. My book will get passed around, discussed, laughed about, used as a coffee table conversation piece. Either way, no matter how it goes on March 23rd, I AM who I am. Never apologizing for that, and never regretting that.
Try changing the emphasis around sometimes. It provides a whole new outlook.
Smooches!