The Scary Moment Before Hitting Publish
As
a self-publisher, I get to decide when my book is ready. I get to hit
the “publish” button. But it never gets easier. And in my view,
it’s not necessarily a bad thing.
Why?
Because
being nervous in this case means that I care about the book, and I
care about their journey. And yes, I need to work on being less
anxious, but sometimes I also need to embrace it.
Emilia
and Nicholas—Em & Nick—are two characters who are close to my
heart. And letting them go in the world could probably be compared to
when our parents let us go out of the door on that first day of
class. They know it’s not going to be all pink and happy and
laughter. But they are also convinced that we deserve the best.
Well,
ALWAYS SECOND BEST going out of the door, getting ready for the
world, and I know Em & Nick will not only receive praise and love
but there’s a big part of me that crosses my fingers that most of
the world falls in love with them. Just like I did.
Part
of the pre-order process on Amazon is that you need to upload your
book 10 days before and in the self-publishing world, everything
usually comes out faster, and I’m always scared out of my mind that
maybe I should have just re-read it one more, maybe I should have
just ask somebody else to give me feedback, maybe I should have
scrapped the entire thing. And I’m the only one making that
decision at that moment in time. (well, I do reach out to my friends
in freaked out text messages or GChat for reassurance and they rock
:P)
I
keep my head high and my “delete” finger in check and I re-read
the comments, and I make sure my little book is ready for all kinds
of weather: for the negative reviews storm, for the positive reviews
blue skies, for the “I loved this story” rainbows…
And
I make sure I’m ready for that to: reaching out to friends, getting
a hug from my husband, eating chocolate, watching a movie, going out,
reading…
And
then I hit “publish”…
And
today, Always Second Best is available around the world.
And
I cross my fingers you enjoy it at least half as much as I love it.
Always Second Best by Elodie Nowodazkij
(Broken Dreams, #2)Publication date: October 13th 2015
Genres: Romance, Young Adult
Sometimes being first isn’t what you expected.
Seventeen-year-old ballerina Emilia Moretti is tired of always being second best. And she’s going to prove the world she deserves to be first. In her upcoming School of the Performing Arts showcase. In the eyes of her birth parents. And in the heart of the guy she loves. She spends hours rehearsing, hours dreaming about becoming number one, hours imagining how her entire life is about to change. But when nothing goes the way she planned, she’ll need to realize what it really means to be first.
Eighteen-year-old Nick Grawski doesn’t want to follow Daddy Dearest’s rules any longer. He’s going to prove he’s meant to be a dancer—not a lawyer—and he is not going to stay away from Em just because his father demands it. He needs to show Em that—this time around—he’s there to stay and that he won’t break her heart again. Even when her world goes down to shit, even when he finds out his dad may have been trying to protect him all along, even if being there for one another is harder than falling in love.
ALWAYS SECOND BEST is a novel of hope and heartbreak and broken dreams.
It’s a novel about falling in love and discovering that being first isn’t always what matters.
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Excerpt:
I
FORGET MYSELF in his kiss, in the way his arms tighten around me, in
the way my entire body wants to get even closer.
One
of his hands cups the side of my face. I jump so my legs are around
his waist. He’s holding me and I deepen our kiss. I don’t ever
want to stop.
“Em.”
His voice is hoarse and he walks forward, my legs still around him,
until my back hits the mirror.
His
lips trail down my face, to my collarbone, and his hands detangle
mine from his neck to bring them over my head.
I
can feel him, all of him. “I’ve missed you,” he says.
And
I’ve missed him too. So much. My brain’s screaming for me to
stop, my heart’s hesitating. What am I doing? What are we doing?
Setting ourselves up for failure again.
“I
have to go.” My voice shakes. “I have to go,” I repeat and Nick
slowly puts me back on my feet before stepping away.
“What
are you talking about?” He’s almost out of breath.
“I
have to go.” I can’t look at him, or I’ll never leave.
I
rush out. My feelings and my heart trailing behind.
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Elodie Nowodazkij was raised in a tiny village in France, where she could always be found a book in hand. At nineteen, she moved to the US, where she learned she'd never lose her French accent. Now she lives in Maryland with her husband, their dog and their cat.
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