A Week On….

So it’s been just over a week since I got the email which made me an author. I have to say sometimes I feel like a deer in headlights.  I’ve been invited to join a couple of author groups, a facebook page and all of a sudden I had emails coming at left, right and centre.  It took a little time to get used to it, so don’t get me wrong I’m not complaining, I’m just feeling a little overwhelmed.  I think because it also came at the same time as End of Financial Year for my day job that I felt like I was drowning.

Another thing that has changed is the way I need to perceive myself.  We were at a party on Saturday evening, 3 days after my email, and I was in the middle of a discussion and hubby says, “Author” as he points at me.  The people we were talking to said, “You’re an author.” It was a pretty cool feeling to say, “Why yes I am”!  I then had questions about title and release date etc.  Questions I couldn’t answer at that time but I did get emails to notify them of when my book will be released.

I’m an author now, I need to plug myself, sell myself, hand out information with title, cover and release date.  Things I will need to organise when I have those details.

The one person who has fully accepted my change in role is my husband.  He was discussing something on the phone today with someone and the person asked if I worked. He said she works hard at keeping the family going and she is a romance author who just signed her first contract.  That is how I need to answer people now when they ask me what I do, I need to say, “I’m an author. I write romance books”. For so long I’ve said I’m a finance officer for a financial planning company and I work remotely for them as they are based in Australia.  Yes that is what I do, but now I’ve changed.  Now  I AM AN AUTHOR.

Hi my name is Nicole and I’m a Romance Author.