Who knew that women (mostly) of a certain age (mostly) would be so taken with my little middle grade story?
I've been the special guest at four area book clubs in the past few months. The readers have been delightful, sharing their favorite parts (short chapters, the talking to animals super power, the realism of how school works, the silly substitute teachers) and their least favorite parts (the long finger mess on Super Stretch day, the prehensile hair superpower). They've asked great questions. They've tried to guess local students on whom the characters may have been partly based. They've read to me their favorite lines. They've shared which superpowers they'd want to have. They've helped me decide on the color of the volume 3 cover (black!!!!!). One reader (Robin S, love you) even had the gall to complain that I made the robin on Super Sight day fat!
More than anything, they've been curious and fascinated by my writing and publishing journey.
Said journey is having an important anniversary, by the way. It was exactly a year ago that I traveled to Minneapolis with my manuscript in tow and returned to do the soul searching that yielded Snow Moon Publishing and the SPOTD trilogy. I remember as clear as day sitting in my mother's guest bedroom and resolving, "I can do this. I am going to make it happen."
It's probably time for some new goals. First out of the gate, I need to finish making final edits to volumes 2 and 3 and get them out the door. Each time I set a deadline for myself, my day job and its resulting end-of-the-day exhaustion take over and I let the deadline slide. Perhaps the longer days of March will stir something in my veins to combat that. We'll see.
In any case, the cover for volume 2 is all but complete and looking fantastic. I'll post it soon!
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