May 2023 Musings

May 2023 Musings
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Book Blessings

Happy May, friends! I hope you have been enjoying a lovely spring full of warm sunshine, beautiful blossoms and lengthening days filled with light. Here in North Carolina, the mountains are coming alive again after a long winter slumber, and the birds sing out the news from dawn till dusk that spring has sprung and summer is not far behind!

This month, I have some very exciting news to share! My debut Young Adult novel FREE SINGS THE SEA will be published September 3, 2024 from Monarch Press! Dreams do come true.

It has been a whirlwind week in my household with much celebration and rejoicing! My musings this month have been, oddly enough, though, on rejection. And that is because as writers we face a barrage of rejection at every turn. We have to be scrappy little fighters to persevere. If you are a querying writer, you are probably very familiar with form letter rejections that reject your work but try to soften the blow by telling you that it is a ‘subjective’ decision. I know from heartbroken personal experience that this line showing up in your inbox to haunt you is exhausting and frustrating. But I want to leave you with the thought that it is oh, so very true. When your heart, which is written all through your work, touches the heart of the agent or editor reading, then magic happens. It’s the reason why art in any form is special- it transcends the intellect and touches others in a very visceral way. Take courage, writers!

Have a beautiful spring, friends, and please come back to visit often. I’m going to chronicle my publishing journey here, and we have many exciting moments to look forward to!


     Love, 
     ​Stac