Thanks J. Dylan….Interesting blog post about your different careers and ways they mirror each other. I also love the title HAPPY ACCIDENTS. Thanks so much for the kind words about ALL THE LIGHT THERE WAS. 

Love this post!!!!   I found more similarities between publishing and childbirth, however!  Here's my take:  HAPPY ACCIDENTS We all have such different responses to the process, but the resulting blessing of a published piece of work makes it all...

Kamy -- Wishing you so much luck and fortitude with your launch.  Pam -- Wishing you much luck with finishing your novel. Ann -- Having a niche is crucial. And good luck with the audio book!

Thanks for posting Nancy. I went to a reading by an Estonian author, Nancy Burke, as few months ago, and the Estonians were delighted that their story was finally coming to light.  Those niche audiences can be supportive through the low spots. My...

I love this Nancy -- I am in that awful place right now, four months before publication and finding it impossible to start the next book, I'm so consumed with promotion, writing shorter pieces that will hopefully promote my book, and generally...

I relate to so much of this. After my first (and so far only) book was published, it was such a crazy, tough time it took me a long time to dare put pen to paper again. What I ended up writing (a novel that I've almost finished) is about a writer...

Oh Nancy but we are our books. They're like our shadow selves out in the world...with our thoughts, beliefs and hopes hidden underneath the fictional words. And my books might play nicely, depending on who's reading them. It takes two to make a...

Kathryn -- I also meant to tell you that I had a similar feeling to what you described about your books as children. I even wrote a blog post called "Sending a Child Out Into the World" the week that my third novel launched in hardcover. Brief...