Letting Go of Your Manuscript Is Hard

I sent my manuscript off to my editor and two trusted readers yesterday. And instead of celebrating that I had reached amilestone in my process, I worried ALL DAY LONG.

Letting go is difficult. When I’m still in control of who sees my words and who reads Lexi’s final chapter, I’m singularly focused on the approaching deadline. But when I push send on that email that will carry my words to my next set of readers, I tend to retreat into myself.

Self-doubt starts to creep in. What if I didn’t do t...