Lessons Learned: One Year Later

September 6 marks the one year anniversary of the release of my debut novel, Lessons Learned. It’s been an amazing year, and I’ve learned (and continue to learn) so much about myself as a writer.

Before the release of Lessons Learned, I was nervous, but this wasn’t your typical first-time-writer anxiety. This was absolute fear. I had been writing for a long time and hadn’t really shared my work with anyone in my “real” life. What would my family think? My friends and colleagues? And what...<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>