I’ve just finished my first round edits (I know, what the hell took me so long? I do not know. Lack of confidence in myself maybe.) and it’s getting a beta read by my daughter. Then,… MOAR EDITING! 
I could just put this thing into the wild as is and hope for the best, but this is my first book. For years and years I always said I want to write a book but I never did anything about it. Thank goodness for NaNoWriMo though, it gave me the encouragement and kick in the ass needed to just effing do it already. I can’t describe the sense of accomplishment I felt when I reached the 50k goal. It was wonderful. And stressful as hell. So I stupidly took a break from the book when I was done, fully intending to begin editing it “soon.”
Except “soon” turned into a ‘year and a half later.” Stupid Steph is Stupid.
But I’m back on the bandwagon, feeling all kinds of excitement about this thing, and all kinds of grateful that opportunities exist now to let me put my baby in the world without having to go through the expense and heartache of more traditional publishing methods. Thank you Amazon! I don’t care if no one buys my book. I will buy a copy, and I will always be able to point to it and say, “I wrote that.” I crossed something off the proverbial bucket list that a lot of would-be authors never manage. And it feels wonderful.
Right now while my daughter reads it through, I’m working on creating the cover art and writing a synopsis. I did settle on a title though, and here it is:
“Revenants”
Cool word eh? I never thought I’d be writing a story featuring zombies, but I’ve come to love “the other grey meat” (TM Chad Plambeck) and now I can’t imagine CherryPop’s world without them
The CherryPop story started out as a series of Ficlies and though it’s evolved a lot from the original intent of those stories, I hope that if I write more CherryPop novels, I can keep participating on Ficly.com to help me flesh them out.
I feel like I’m writing a big old Thank You post. Sorry about that, but I’ve learned that hardly anyone can write any kind of story without support and encouragement from various places and people. So I just want to show some appreciation for anyone who puts up with me. People like my daughter, first and foremost. She is the very definition of awesome and I love her to bit and pieces. All the people involved with Buffy/Angel Between the Lines which was fun and an invaluable training ground. The fine folks at Ficly too, though I have been away for a good while, I’ll never forget the brilliant and supportive community there. And Ernie. Even though we’re not together anymore, I am and will always be grateful for the unwavering support and encouragement on this project.
Ok enough stuff no one cares about but me I’ll post again soon, hopefully with some cover art, and look for Revenants on Amazon soon!
