the Empathy List #136: A Debut Author's Publishing Story, Part 4
The Manuscript that Lived, AKA my first published book releases TODAY!
Hello friend, Liz here.
Remember: every artist success story is preceded by failure and rejection. ;-) (Does knowing that help to tame the envy monster? It helped me!)
In part 1 of this special publishing series, I described the origins of my desire to become a writer, a manuscript of short stories I wrote and that the indie presses of the day roundly rejected (40 indie presses rejected my first book! Four-Zero!), and the encouragement that kept me from quitting.
In part 2, I described the paradox of a burgeoning career and the shattering reality of needing to work my butt off in lieu of “getting discovered” (rude).
In part 3, I told you the sad story of my dead-on-arrival memoir, we discussed the importance of both individual perseverance in the writing life AND the way my author friends got me through my deep disappointment.
TODAY, in part 4, I’m celebrating the release of my first-ever published book! And I’m telling you the story of how it came to exist (cue the happy tears).
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