Pinching Myself

26 Days Until TASTE TEST meets the world!

 

It’s real and it’s in my hands!

 

Life. is. SPECTACULAR.

 

 

I was sitting at my computer at my kitchen counter. This is where I work a lot of the time — my kitchen opens up to my living room and there’s a lot of natural light. And it has ready access to the refrigerator.

 

So, anyway, I’m sitting there surrounded by a brand spanking new copy of TASTE TEST, copy edits from my editor for JUST LIKE THE MOVIES, and some lemonade. I’m going through the edits, making changes to the actual word document, checking off what I’m getting done, and taking time every now and then to check email and Twitter. On Twitter, I find tweets to retweet or reformat to support my fellow authors. And all of sudden, it hits me.

 

This is it. This is my life now.

 

I mean, sure, I’ll be working 2 days a week teaching community college — I think I need that to get myself out of the damn house and not cooped up like a psychopath. And because I’ll miss teaching, truly. I like hearing myself talk . But other than that…this is my life. I’m a writer. I’m not doing this part time when I can fit it in between the rest of my life. It’s my focus. It’s my world. And it’s a dream I’ve had forever.

 

You may already know this, but most writers don’t get to quit their day job. Writing is not always the most well-paying job, and it’s certainly not the most reliable or stable. But recent events have allowed me to say that my writing supports my family and that I am, for all intents and purposes, a full time YA novel writer.

 

It’s an amazing feeling. I am blessed. I honestly didn’t know I could be this happy.