Then came more edits and more changes, and suddenly the story had taken on a life of its own. (I love when that happens)
Things that I had originally planned were dropped, and the story became much more real. (again, I love when that happens)
A lot of blood, sweat, and tears go into a novel. I'm still new to this publishing game, and a lot of stress goes into not just the penning of a story but the committing it to either e-books or print. As a author, I wonder if my readers will have the same emotions that I had when I was writing it. I worry that it's too long, too girly, too this too that....
This is the first time I've set a date for publishing. When I did both Forged books that are published so far, they were up and running in 24 hours. This... this is different... and in some ways, it's harder than giving birth!
So the final countdown has started, and now there are just six days until the public can purchase Close to You. I hope they like the story as much as I liked telling it. But that will be something we won't know for a while.
Self publishing, and still learning.