It’ll change your life … or not …

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There are exactly 35 days to go until Karma Girl hits store shelves. Not that I’m counting down or anything. 😀

One of my co-workers who’s also an author (he writes non-fiction travel books) recently made a prophecy. “When that book comes out,” he said. “It’ll change your life.”

And I had to wonder … will it? Will it really?

Because I’ll still be me. Anal-retentive. Obsessive. Compulsive. Slightly crazy. A total fangirl. I’ll still get up and go to my day job every morning. Still have bills to pay. Still hang out with my friends and family.

What’s going to change? I doubt very much that people are suddenly going to stop me on the street, shake my hand, and gush about how great my book is. (Although that would be awesome!) Oh, I imagine I’ll get a little more name recognition at RWA events and the like, but that’s about it. I hope I get some reader e-mails telling me that they enjoyed the book. Maybe even some from other authors that I read and like. But what else is going to happen? What’s going to change?

I can’t imagine — but I hope I’m pleasantly surprised by the outcome. 😎

What about you? Has having a book published changed your life? How? Inquiring minds want to know …

4 Responses to “It’ll change your life … or not …”

  1. Meljean says:

    Hmmm … not really. I think getting the contract changed it, definitely, because I had to reorder my priorities. And publishing made me rethink how I take feedback — but there was no big change.

    If I ever hit a bestseller list, however, I totally intend to each more chocolate every day.

  2. Jennifer Estep says:

    I agree. Getting the contract changed it more for me (so far). That at least validated me as a writer, know what I mean?

    You should eat more chocolate whether you make a list or not. 😀

    Still reading “Demon Angel.” I couldn’t believe what happened at the end of Part 1. That is the first time I’ve ever seen the hero do that to the heroine in a romance novel, without the intent of turning her into a vampire or something.

  3. Meljean says:

    Well, when I hit the bestseller list then I can afford liposuction.

    RE: the end of Part 1 — I still can’t believe I got away with it. I was sure I’d have to change it or make it a dream or something, but I have such a wonderful editor *grin*

  4. Jennifer Estep says:

    Well, it still shocked me. Especially with all the back and forth that had already gone on between them. I hoping to finish it this weekend or early next week. And Cindy is great. 🙂

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