What is the biggest surprise you’ve experienced when it comes to book publishing?
That the world kept spinning along just like it always did. There were no trumpets, no parade, and Oprah didn?t call. I have wanted to write as long as I could remember and it had been such a journey to publication that it seemed that life should somehow be RADICALLY different when it actually came true. The truth is that I still spend most of my days writing in a stretched out sweatshirt and drinking gallons of tea. However, if anyone wants to organize something, I am still very open to the idea of a parade. 4) Do you ever have any “dark days,” when you wonder why you’re a writer? What are those like, and how to you get through them? I?ve had many a dark day. Sometimes it is because of something external: a rejection (or two or three), a problem with publication, or a bad review. The harder dark days are in the internal, when I doubt my abilities and wonder if I wouldn?t be better suited to some other field like professional ice dancer or dishwasher. The way I get through the dark day
