Rabid Reader Ramblings: I am Officially a Published Author!
So, I am sure somewhere along the way, I mentioned that I am also a bit of a writer myself. I know I don’t mention much around here about things outside of books and book blogging, but see, I figured this fits because it is about a book, right?
A little while back I had been invited to submit a short story for an anthology. It was an Indie Author Anthology put together by another indie author, and the theme was young adult paranormal. Well, I sat back, looked around and went, “Well, wait. Technically, my newest novel project fits that genre, so let’s see what I can do.”
I proceeded to cannibalize some bits and facts and characters from the novel I am working on, although the character is painfully shy and is not liking me right now. But anyway, so I thought, the short story could set the stage for the novel, kind of be the “lead-in” of sorts and give people an idea of who the characters are. So I wrote it. All 5000 words or so of it. Now, that may not seem like a lot to the more seasoned writers out there, but I suck at deadlines and having to work and write on someone else’s time frame, so the fact that I finished in time and above the minimum word count was just, well, amazing.
Last night, the book went live on Smashwords. My story, Jacob’s Awakening, is found near the back of the collection. We also have it up on Goodreads thanks to one of the writers who also has a story in the collection.
I upgraded my Goodreads profile to an author profile and I was so totally and completely excited. The book is free, and it has absolutely no bearing on my financial status whatsoever, but I still feel as though I have gone through labor and childbirth and sent one of my babies out into the wild and it is an exciting and unnerving experience. What if no one likes my story? What if everyone loves it and then I start getting asked when more will be coming? I am not sure how I will answer ANY of my questions. I am not sure what will come next for me.
Ultimately, Living Outside the Box WILL become a reality and a completed novel, and the journey that Jacob goes on will amaze even me. I write the way I live and read and do everything else. Kind of a fly by the seat of my pants and see where the muse takes me. I know roughly how the story starts, how it ends, but I let the characters tell me what happens in the middle because that makes the story more real.
Okay, well I am off to become a complete and total dork about this and I will talk to you again later on!
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