I
had a crazy, intense, busy, and several other adjectives when it comes to my
2017. I honestly can’t believe I survived the year without more anxiety
attacks.
Now,
I could just tell you I had a busy year and leave it at that, but I am honestly
proud of my year and I want to share it with you.
I
started off the year with a bang. On January 17th, I published my third book.
And while this was my third book, which was awesome, it was also the first book
in my very first trilogy. I was really excited to have a new book out and to
see what people thought about it.
On
January 23rd, I had my first ever official author/book signing. The signing was
held at the library and would be over a period of 2 hours. I was hyped and so
excited to sell some books. I had my new book and copies of my first two books.
The signing started and people came to buy my books and talk to me about my
books. My parents came, my aunts and uncles came. My grandmas came. Friends
came. It was a great time. At the same time I was very nervous by the fact that
it was my first signing and that it was all about me. I ended up selling quite
a few books, and I was so happy about that. At the end of the night, my parents
and I went back to my house to eat pizza and hang out. Once they left and I was
home alone, I had one of the worst headaches of my life and literally could not
remember a single conversation I’d had that night. Now, I don’t talk about
having anxiety a lot, or being an introvert, but this is one thing that I have
to deal with. But I love writing and getting to talk to people about books, and
I LOVE when people love my books. So it is something I can deal with.
In
the following months I worked on writing the third book in the trilogy as well
as editing the second book for publication.
On
June 27th I published book 2 in the trilogy. I kept on working on selling the
books and getting people excited about my books.
After
I did the book signing at the library, the librarian from Tilden contacted me
and asked if I would be interested in traveling to her library and having a
presentation and a book signing. Obviously I was down for it. Then, the library
had a presenter that I went to. The guy who was giving the presentation was
going to be attending a workshop in Ponca for 150 years of storytelling and
asked if I would like to attend and sell books. Again, I was down.
On
July 29th, I had the Tilden book signing. It didn’t go as well as I would have
liked, but I did end up selling a few books and I got my name out there a
little more.
On
August 4th I finished writing the third book in the Phoenix trilogy. It was the
day before my birthday. I almost couldn’t believe it. I had been working on
this story for five years and it was finally. Not to mention that I had written
a full trilogy. It was something I am so proud of.
On
August 7th, I went to Ponca for the 150 years of storytelling. Again, it didn’t
go as well as I would have liked, but I did sell a few books and again, I got
more exposure.
In
the months that followed, I decided that as much as I had liked working at a
daycare for the past three years, it was time for a change. My local library
had a position open and you all know how much I love books. I couldn’t pass it
up. So I traded in the babies for books. I can’t say that I regret my decision.
I am thankful every day I get to work in the library.
After
that, I decided that buying my house was a good idea. I hope at least some of
you catch the sarcasm there. So In August or September I began the process of
buying my house. Let me tell you, it is a lot more work than I thought it would
be, and more work than I was ready for.
I
don’t regret buying my house, but it was a big girl thing that I wasn’t sure I
was ready for. I didn’t want to be that fully of an adult yet.
On
December 1st, I published the final book in the Phoenix Trilogy. By the way, if
I haven’t mentioned yet, the covers for the phoenix trilogy are amazing. I love
them so much. Especially book three. If you haven’t gotten your hands on them
yet, you totally should, just to have pretty books on your shelves. But, yes,
book three of the trilogy was now out and I could take a breath. I was very
proud of myself and proud of the fact that I had published three books in one
year.
So,
to sum up, this was my 2017, and why I didn’t get much (or any) blogging done;
I wrote one book, published three books, had four book signings, changed jobs,
and bought a house. I am probably leaving things out, but I think that is
enough.
Like
I said in the last post, I plan to write more and publish more in the future. I
will post a blog with links to all my books in hopes that some of you will take
a chance on them and help this staving author. I will also be publishing the
backlog of blogs I wrote last year but didn’t publish. I hope you will enjoy
some of them.
That
is all for now. I will write again soon.
Laci
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