What's NOT Been Happening?

I was all set to cruise in here and tell you that the reason I haven't posted in a while is because I've been tremendously busy—but I'd be lying. Not about the busy part. Promoting a book is like having a yard sale (which I am also doing this week): It's made up of a lot of little tasks. At least 20 times during the process, you say to yourself, Is this really worth the $7.45 I may potentially earn from all this work? And then you keep going.

I've dreamed of publishing a book my whole life. That's a lot of years worth of personal stuff I'm putting out on my proverbial table. I worry sometimes I'll be judged for how dirty and banged up my old ideas are. What if nobody buys all this stuff? What about the old fuddy duddies who only glance at my wares for a second before pronouncing it "junk" and moving on?

So yeah, I've been tremendously busy—but you're never too busy to drop everything and write, right?

GONE WILD continues to get stellar reviews from early readers and I am psyched for August 15—a.k.a. Release Day. Even though the official For Sale sign hasn't yet gone up, I already feel like this endeavor was a success. Just having the guts to put it out there is something to be proud of. 

My next goal is to master the art of smiling in the face of fuddy duddyness.

Oh yeah, AND THE FINAL COVER IS READY!