If we had to say what writing is, we would define it essentially as an act of courage.
–Cynthia Ozick

This has been an amazing and nervewracking week. As you may know, Office Relations is my first book. It’s been exciting to know that it would finally be for sale, but since I’ve never gone through a book release before, I wasn’t sure what to expect. It turns out that I’ve written maybe 1,000 words all week, which is not a typical number for me.

As for what I’ve been doing instead: worrying and promoting. I’m much too good at worrying, not as good at promoting. Not self-promoting, anyway. I wonder how common this is for writers. In any case, it will be interesting to see if I go through this process with each release. I hope I can stick with promoting and leave the worrying undone.

The good news is that today I woke up with a desire to write. My courage has returned. So I’ll be back at it, once I figure out which story to work on.