What's Next?

3/11/23

My book is finally written! Yea!!! Ugh, what do I do now? So, I did the thing I hate to do, I got on the web, and I researched. I researched mostly how to get a book published. As you would imagine, there were so many things to read and so many different answers. I took a lot of notes, but I became very overwhelmed. The more information I got, the more overwhelmed I became. I just wanted to talk to a real person; someone who has already written a book. The first person who popped into my mind and possibly the only person I really knew who had written a children's book, was a teacher in our local community. She is Christina Dankert and funny enough, I used to sub in her classroom. She came to my mind because even though I did not know her personally, we had quite a few mutual friends on Facebook that shared her book when it was released. I was hesitant to reach out because of course fear was creeping in trying to stop me from moving forward. Putting my fears aside, I sent her a PM and to my surprise, she reached out to me immediately. She remembered me and we decided it would be easier to talk on the phone. We must have talked for over an hour, and it was extremely helpful. Christina was able to confirm most of what I was already thinking and was such an encouragement. She also led me to a Facebook group of ladies who are authors who meet regularly to discuss their projects and to have some dedicated work time. It was just what I needed to take my next steps which are to find people to read my book and give me honest feedback. Who’s got some honest feedback for me? :)