I like planning. I like being organized. I like being methodical, chronological, practical, predictable. It’s not in my DNA to wander the literary landscape without a map, without a plan. And yet this is exactly where I find myself after recently having completed my 13th novel (due for publication this December by Bella Books).
Saying goodbye is never easy, especially to something you’ve spent more than a year with, and almost every day. If not physically every day, certainly mentally and emotionally.
I’m saying goodbye this week to my work-in-progress. Meaning, I’m ready to hand my manuscript off to my publisher, where it will eventually make its way through the editing, typesetting and proofreading process for a late 2018 publication date. My little bird has wings, and now it’s flying away.