Writing is my second job. Like medicine, traditional publishing is an opaque, confusing industry, and navigating it often felt like walking blindfolded through a maze. Thank goodness for my writing big sis @rissneilson (buy DEEP IN PROVIDENCE) or I would be constantly lost.
One of the scariest parts in the process was asking for blurbs to go on the book’s jacket. Essentially, I have to ask authors I have never met to spend their precious free time, time they could be using to, well, write more, to read my book and then write something it, for free. Because I said “pretty please.” Oh, and they have to do it on a deadline. I’m a complete newcomer into the writing world, & I’m not able to attend the conferences, panels, or be active in the slack groups where I could make potential connections because, well, my 1st job is mad demanding, so I often feel like the kid in the back of class no one talks to 😅😂. Needless to say, I was really nervous that no one was going to want to blurb my book.
But imagine my surprise / delight when not one, not two, but SIX authors I deeply admire actually answered my team’s calls! I’m still beside myself, and so very grateful. Sometimes, when I’m having a bad day, I pull up the doc with their blurbs just to lift my spirits.
I’m also so thankful for the authors who’ve opened up lines of communication to give me HOURS worth of guidance (esp you, @brendajanowitzwriter 💍) and shared my book on their feeds (I’m still flipping out about @alihazelwood 🥺!)
T-4 months until y’all can finally read ON ROTATION!
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