Ok

I have hopefully sent the final, completely edited version of Beatrix to my printer to see it mocked up for hopefully the last time.

I have a coffee date with a writer aquaintence who will hopefully give me the recommendation I need to be considered by her agent.

If you know this field, you know most to all agencies and publishing houses do not accept new, unsolicited manuscripts. It’s near impossible to get a toe in the door of traditional publishing. (Unless you happen to be a celebrity). It’s not their fault, selling books is hard. Publishing is expensive. They are looking for a sure thing, in a business where it’s hard to recognize a sure thing. If you recall J.K.Rowling was rejected repeatedly and she was the surest of things, Her books to this day, sell like hotcakes. The majority of time, books don’t become sensations, they get overlooked, become lost, forgotten. My coffee date is hopeful, but a long shot.

A big hope for this year, besides creating a new book, is to get Butterfly Breathing out to the world. I have some ideas for how I might do this, but first, I need this final edit to truly be a final edit. I need to figure out publishing whether traditional or kindle KDP or some version of self.

I think I might need an online presence. I probably need to learn how to do TikTok videos and instagram reels (yikes). I need to talk to more school counselors, teachers, principals etc. I could use some funding maybe to make a school program. What I really need first, is a plan…

In between everything, I’m inching forward. Formulating. Making it up as I go along.