I Just Pushed Send
Damn, that felt good.(And I’m pretty well schooled on what feels good, let me tell you.)
The idea that started one year ago, to write a series about a group of women over 40 who tackle love, adventure, success, and gravity, is now reality. Wild Rose, the first book, was sent to my editor today.
I’m an adventurous, loving, successful, gravity-challenged woman myself, but I’ve never written a romance novel before. Funny to think that I can write a memoir about my own relationship, but writing about characters I made up feels more revealing. They are all a little bit of me, and that leaves me feeling exposed.
Today when I pushed the send button, shooting my manuscript from the sunny climate of Southern Spain all the way to my editor in Southern California, I felt a little raw.
But just like those moments before you have really great sex, the shiver as you remove your clothes and stand…
or lie down
or hang from the chandelier
or sit in a swing
or float in the pool
or kneel in the sand at the beach
…naked in front of your lover, the fear is stage one of the excitement, the thrill of connecting with another person.
I wanted to share the photo with you to remind you (and me), that the fear of taking action is greatest right before you do it. Once the move is made –the clothes are off, the heart is opened, the words are out – you’re too busy adapting and moving ahead to be scared anymore.
The fear is in the anticipation, not the doing.
So while there is still one more round of (hopefully) minor edits to come, the heavy lifting on Wild Rose is done, The LateBloomers Series is ready to be born on March 17, and I’m officially a romance author.
And for now, I’m going to drink a stupidly expensive bottle of wine with my own handsome hero in front of a warm fire on a chilly evening in Spain. Let the anticipation begin.
PS: Do you want to read a short story about the early life of The LateBloomers? You’ll discover the personalities, conflicts, and dreams of each of the LateBloomers, sort of a preview of what is to come in the series. You can get that for absolutely nothing, at the same time Wild Rose comes out, by signing up for my email list. Because all the goodies go there first, to the loyal people who believe – like I do – that life begins at 40.
