So as many of you already know, I have self-published my first novel 365 Marks on the Wall and it has been nerve-wracking, waiting for the reviews to come in from perfect strangers. I've had good feedback from friends and acquaintances, even my editor gave me a great compliment about it.
Still, I got a review today that (sorry about the clickbait title) literally made me cry. Happy tears!!!
The original review is here on Goodreads
Stephen King is one of my FAVORITE authors from back in the day when I actually read horror instead of writing!!!
And in case you're wondering what inspired me to write this book:
It was FREEWRITES. A freewrite prompt from #mariannewest and #freewritehouse inspired the beginning of this story. A few more freewrites had me continuing the story until I just knew it had to be finished. I had to know what happened.
Soooo, when Marianne suggested we do a NaNoWriMo challenge last November as part of our freewrites/freewriting community, I was ready to go!
I wrote the book in November and then eventually got up the nerve to do the months-long process (for me) of self-publishing on a limited budget.
I couldn't have done this or been inspired in such a wonderful way if not for the communities here on steemit. Freewritehouse, the alliance and powerhousecreatives. And curie as well!!!
You guys all deserve so many thanks for encouraging me so much that I was willing to wade through the stress of this process!
Thank you, thank you, thank you, all of you crazy, wild and wonderful people!!!
Here is a little teaser trailer thing I made for it!