What happened after launch day ✨

Thoughts on book publishing and what success really looks like 📚

About a year ago, on September 9, I got a package.

It was a box — a heavy one. And when I saw it sitting on my porch I knew precisely what was in it.

Other authors reading this will know the thrill of seeing — even better, holding — one’s book for the very first time. Opening that box, I felt excitement in my body. I remember I closed my eyes and took a b…