Button Pushed

Today is the day. I officially submitted my files to Ingram. Her Violet Empire is off to the publisher. There will be a file review process in the next couple of days, and hopefully everything is accepted. Based on the submission information, HVE will be released on March 25th, 2022!

I cannot express the cascade of emotion that hit me all at once. Deeply grateful to friends and family for support, assistance, and being my biggest cheerleaders. Terrified that something I wrote, warts and all, is going out to the world for scrutiny. The full knowledge that the world is generally unkind, and being okay with that. But most of all, the sense of accomplishment that I followed through with this all the way to the end–something that an ADHD mind like mine struggles with all times. The objects are so shiny.

The Terrifying Moment

I had already set up the title and got my files error-checked, so the last thing to do was to pay the money for setup. I had been checking every period, dinkus, line space, and font to make sure that I was ready. After some furious banking shenanigans yesterday, I decided that it was time. Ingram helpfully provided me with this pucker moment:

I mean…no pressure or anything! For a first time author, this is an existential moment. I hit the button as fast as I could so I didn’t have time to think about it, but I made sure to get a screenshot first. If anyone from IngramSpark ever reads this, I understand this is super-clear, but maybe you could soften the blow a touch?

I’m going to spend some time updating the site today and putting dates on things. Yeah, I get that if any of the files are rejected, it may push the date, but there’s at least a date on it now! Time to toot my own horn, I’m days away from officially being a published author. And that’s extremely cool.