So...now what?

After years of writing and editing and editing and editing... City in the Sky is now finished. My publisher connected me with my editor, and after several rounds of editing...City in the Sky is now complete.

Great!!! Right????

The apprehension is real...being a new writer and putting your work in front of an editor and then in front of advance copy readers!

Could it be that my editor would not, in fact, rip my story apart? But instead, give me very practical advice in a totally constructive way. Is it possible that she would say she loved it?

I am learning to let go of the imposter syndrome thoughts and just BE on this journey.

It does take effort to stop the spiral...Wait, should I look at it again? Should I read it yet again? (All the while, inadvertently introducing new errors.)

So I stopped and let it go. There will be criticism. I know this. I also know that no matter what, I am very proud of myself and that is enough.

In the painful process of being a type A personality and having to wait for marketing to begin, I am trying to focus on the joy and adventure in this whole process.

"No matter where you are from, your dreams are valid." Lupita Nyong'o