I have lots of things to update on. First off, the cover of my upcoming novel is finished:
Look at that! Ain't it purty? Designed it myself. Shh... don't tell anyone. ;)
Also, I listed it on goodreads. You can check it out here, Wild Violet.
My book will be released tomorrow on amazon.com I had originally set my lofty publishing goal as May 17th, so it's a week late. But it's finally getting published, and that's the most important thing.
I've experienced an emotion today I did not expect to at the imminent launching of my novel, along with the normal excitement and anticipation, I feel nervous.
Nervous.
The same kind of nervous I felt when I performed at my first ever piano recital when I was seven. Sitting down on the piano bench and plinking out my best rendition of "Deck the Halls".
But instead of performing a beloved Christmas carol to a room full of parents, that I had been practicing for months, I'm showing the world my literary creation that I have been working on since I first thought of the idea when I was eighteen years old on vacation in Branson, Missouri. This is my first book, and I'm letting it loose in the wilds of the internet. Will anyone buy it? Let alone read it? Will it get lost and not be able to find its way to readers? Will anyone like it, and will they review it? These questions and more have been nagging at me today.
I think my mom put it the best way, "This my baby, hope you like it!"
I was so nervous that I had to calm myself with a hot beverage sweetened with an inordinate amount of sugar, and listen to the Rolling Stones (Mick Jagger's voice is soothing to me, I have no idea why).
I don't know how successful my book will be, this is my first time. My hope is that the people that want to read a story like mine will find it, and ultimately enjoy it. If I can entertain, uplift, and provide escapism for a reader then I have done my duty as a writer.
I'm going to listen to Elvis now.
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