Book Birthdays: The Realities of
How many of us has illusions of being Carrie Bradshaw at a fabulous party at a fabulous Manhattan restaurant thrown by a fabulous best friend (who just happens to be a fabulous PR guru) and wearing a fabulous frock? And this party is because of the fabulous book we just put out? Me, me, me! But reality is a different story. And, no, it's not always a depressing reality. Sometimes, there are glimpses of fabulous . The First Book Blues When I first became an author--one who got paid for writing a fictional story that people read--it was June 14, 2007, and my first young adult* (through Penguin's Dutton division) came out. *Written under another name What most of us female authors dream writing is like I was very pregnant at the time. (In fact, my baby girl would come only a few weeks later, five weeks early, in fact. Luckily, she was a very healthy 7+ pounds.) We had also just moved to New England from Arizona. I didn't have anything planned--or a...