I can’t believe we’re 8 days in and almost there! I’m once again so humbled by everyone’s generosity. Thank you SO much!

I realized the other day that I never said what I’d do if I raise money over my goal.  As you might know, authors have to pay to buy their own books. Granted, there’s a discounted rate, but much of publishing is out of the author’s hands, including being able to have polished copies of their own work. Any money I raise above my goal can help me buy books to distribute to different people that my story could help (from hospitals to college health centers and beyond), and it can also help me cover editing services and things like licensing fees for instances where I quote song lyrics in my book.

There are a ton of details involved in publishing a book, and traditional publishers take a somewhat rough draft of an author’s work, polish it, and manage all the little details. Since I’m trying to use an independent publisher, I’ve been really meticulous in editing, researching, and covering all of my bases with those little details. I like that I have more control over my book since I’m going this way, but it’s definitely taken more work and will require much more money than traditional publishing.

Margaret Feinberg is a nonfiction author that I like, and she explained to aspiring authors that writing a book will take more time than they have and cost more money than it’ll ever make, but it will be worth it, so they need to stick with it. I love that advice and have found it mostly true. This process has been challenging, but it’s been a labor of love and I know it will be worth it.  Once again, I sincerely thank you for your support! Almost there…

Hannah