I haven’t written a word today on my new work in progress.
Tonight I hit “publish” on the final installment of my Young
Adult Paranormal series: The Elemental Series. Spirit will be live and the
series will be finished. I’ve talked about the possibility of a spin off series
in the near future, but I haven’t started on it yet because both, I and my
characters, needed a break from that world.
Shay and I went on a five year adventure together. We’ve
fought, cried and bled together and came out the other side whole and new. But now
we needed some rest.
So I started a new series with a new world and new
characters. I’ve completed the first book and am working on the second, but I
haven’t written anything today. I’m not sure that I can. Shay was the first voice
in my head that stuck around long enough for me to tell her whole story and
because we’re celebrating the end of the series, the anniversary of the start
of the series and mourning the close, I just can’t seem to hear my other
characters’ voices today. I’m sure tomorrow they’ll come roaring back to me,
wondering why I took a couple of days off while they were on the cusp of a
bloody battle, but not today.
I’m in a weird kind of fugue today. I expected to be excited
to release this book, just a bundle of nerves, terrified to hear what everyone
thinks, but I’m not. I thought I might dread hitting publish today, but I don’t.
I’m almost not even present. Maybe I’m afraid of how upset I’ll be when it hits
me that The Elemental Series is over? I don’t know.
I do know that I’ve heard a lot of love from my readers who
cannot wait for me to hit publish. And that is incredible. I remember when I first
put out Earth almost exactly two years ago to this minute, and how each little
sale made me jump for joy, and now I’ll have five novels out and Earth almost has
100 reviews on Amazon alone and readers are reaching out to me. It’s a little
strange, wonderful, but strange. It certainly hasn’t felt like two years. Not
even close.
I hope you guys like the book. I hope I ended the series
well. I hope you’ll feel satisfied. I hope you’ll keep reading the new things I
have planned. I hope Shay decides to start speaking to me again, soon. I hope
for a lot of things.
I hope.
