For those of you who think the life of a writer is an incredibly glamorous one, you're right.
We are a glamorous bunch. We write in our fanciest sweatpants and reheat our same cold cup of coffee a dozen times in the most high-tech of microwaves, or if we're feeling extra fancy and glamorous, we take our entire writer's set up (laptop and headphones) to the local coffee shop where we have to wear disguises because we are basically celebrities. And we do all this because the life of a writer is so fast paced and exciting, and we're cranking out publishing deals left and right. Oh, friends, I wish.
The truth is...
I am as un-fancy as it gets. I did wear earrings AND a cardigan that one time to the coffee shop, but usually it's just me...in my office...barefoot....in my yoga clothes...wondering if I could afford to hire a ghostwriter to finish this book. Not fancy.
And the speed at which books are cranked out, you ask?
Hilarious. Have I mentioned that patience is not a virtue I was given at birth? I think God himself punked me when I was sent down to Earth in the stork's bundle by sprinkling on a little extra creativity and fun wordplay and then erasing every last bit of the patience every baby gets in their lowest default setting as a funny little ha ha experiment because it had been a while since he'd set a bush on fire or sent a raging flood.
Anyhoo...as you can see by the timeline below, I first wrote Jenny With a Why more than FIVE years ago. That's five years of rewrites, edits, query letters, rejections, excitement, disappointment, starting over, elation, waiting, waiting, and more waiting.
In the meantime, I've written three new books, 27 In the Weeds columns, 15 short stories, a meal-planning cookbook website of sorts, and about 500+ articles, newsletters, social media posts, and more for clients.
But the wait is almost over! In just a few short months, we'll have done this and there will be books to buy and read and put in your libraries. JENNY WITH A WHY and THE WEIGHT OF WATER are almost here!
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