8 Weeks is a LOOOOONG TIME

I know I wrote about finishing the book, but I didn’t tell you that I ACTUALLY MAILED IT!! In the past, I’ve talked about mailing something out, but I never have. None of my other projects have ever been close enough to me feeling like I could share it with the world, though last year’s “David” was pretty close (except it was too short for publishing requirements.) So I actually did it. And of course since it is me and my family, I photo documented it.

This is what the final packet looked like. I didn’t get everything printed and put together until about 1 am Friday morning.

I took it home so I could take it to the post office and get it all weighed. Didn’t want to be short on postage and risk not getting it sent.

This lovely photo was taken at the post office right after I handed over my envelope. Of course the mail lady looked at us like we were crazy. I mean really, who takes pictures when they mail something??? Well, besides me.

Okay, so I had a picture of me standing under a sign that said “mail it” which was kind of like my Nike “just do it” slogan, but I’m being challenged and can’t get it to paste. It was blurry anyway, so I guess its okay.

So I mailed it and there’s nothing I can do for 8 weeks!! That’s how long the website said it usually takes to get a yes or no back. And so the waiting begins. I thought the 10 weeks it took to write it was a long time, but 8 weeks feels like forever. I keep thinking about things I maybe could have changed or done differently, but there’s nothing I can do now. It’s all in the hands of fate.

I said I was going to take a week off from writing, but I don’t think I can go that long. I want to start editing and cleaning up the rest of it. I had a few people read what I sent out and they said they wanted to see what happened next. Guess that gives me an incentive of sorts. We’ll see. I still have some fun reading to do! My twitching fingers make me feel like a true writer. There’s a line in the book about my main character loving music and
“need(ing) it like air.” That’s how I feel about writing.

I just wanted to share the news. Hopefully I’ll have even better news to share soon!

**Rae