Nine Months and Counting…

I’m having a baby!!  Gotcha! 🙂

No, it’s not a boy or a girl…it’s a book.  (Hopefully not a hard-back! Can you imagine that trying to come out of the birth canal?)

Okay, I know pretty cheesy.  But considering the anxiety and excitement my news has brought to me and my family, one would think it was the same thing.  My ghost romance, Wanted: One Ghost was recently picked up by Crescent Moon Press. The conception took nearly eighteen months but now comes the hard part–the birth for all to see.

A few days ago I realized, I’m counting down the days/weeks and months along with my youngest–no, she’s not expecting (thank God) but she’s starting her senior year in high school.  In approximately nine months, both her and I will have a whole new life spread before us.  We are both nervous and excited.

I think I felt the same emotions when I found out I was pregnant with my first daughter nearly 21 years ago.  Would everything be okay? Was I going to be a good mother? How in the heck was I going to give birth and survive, even though millions of women have been in the same boat since the beginning of time?

I’m not the first to have my book (baby) published (born) and I won’t be the last.  But the preparations needing to go into a healthy delivery are just as important.

A few weeks ago I asked some of my fellow authors who’ve been there/done that/got the t-shirt what they did to prepare for their exciting day of delivery and received some wonderful insight. One friend sent me out to Christine Nolfi’s blog site:

http://christinenolfibooks.blogspot.com/2012/04/pr-basics-for-debut-novelist.html

Another sent me to Nancy J. Cohen’s post about her Promotion Checklist:

http://nancyjcohen.wordpress.com/2012/07/23/promotional-checklist

And others just sent me their own ideas.  All are great words of wisdom and I equated them to the wonderful women friends who’d been in the same boat I had, while I was pregnant with my first in Hawaii.  We look to others who’ve been there before, we want the good, the bad and the ugly truth so we know what to expect when we are expecting, what to prepare for and what to avoid.

That is what I’ve found so refreshing with all of my great writing groups I belong to–everyone is willing to share experiences and even learn from a newbie who might have a nugget or two to share.  And what’s even better, I haven’t met many of the people I’ve talked to face to face and yet they are willing to share so much.

So with that in mind, I am sharing here too.  I want to pass along the great links above (which I felt were very helpful in giving me a sense of where I needed to be and when) and hope to be able to pass the torch to another writer on the verge of giving birth to their newest creation.

If there are any choice words of wisdom to share with me (from those who’ve been there-or those who might have questions) please let me know.  I would love to hear from you all about experiences and expectations.

Hugs!

 

9 thoughts on “Nine Months and Counting…

  1. Hoorah for Loni-Mermaid! I’m so excited for your book and I can’t wait to read it!!!!

    Sadly, I have no wisdom for you (yet – but maybe someday). But I hope you enjoy every single second of this new adventure. Congrats again! 😉

    1. Still trying to figure it all out, Kerri. I’m not sure what I’m doing…just doing. Hope to have a new website up and running by end of month and going for pics this Friday. It’s a start… 😉

      Hugs and thanks for the congrats! You will, sis…your time is coming…just keep writing, just keep writing…
      Hugs!

  2. Congrats on the book-baby, Loni Mermaid! I also cannot wait to read your ghost romance. Wouldn’t that be cool if someone put out a “What to Expect When You’re Publishing Your First Book!” I’m so happy that other writers who have gone before you are being so helpful. Love your post, not cheesy in the least but even if it was, I’d be saying More Cheese Please! Happy Dance!!!!

  3. Loni,
    How very exciting! I was thinking the same thing as Carlene. That would be a great book to write/research: WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING YOUR FIRST BOOK.
    Congrats on the book! I can’t wait to read it!
    Sadly I don’t have any words of wisdom for you. That shouldn’t be a shocker. 🙂

    1. @ Carlene and @ Kim I love it– WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING YOUR FIRST BOOK. I just need more information and that would be a great seller for our friends and market.

      Thanks you guys…you rock! 😀

  4. Yeah, after I wrote it and thought about it, a hardback wouldn’t be bad. (I could always do another C-section.) *Grin*

    Yes, release date is sometime in June 2013. I am excited and hope you all like it!

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