Boomerang Effect
I have learned that the dedication it takes to complete a manuscript is repaid with results that have more power than initially conceived. When I first started writing Sun Kissed & Salted, I knew I would finish it somehow, but completion brought more rewards in the form of a satisfaction I had never known before. All the effort, all the struggle, and all the unknowns that lie before me were part of the process of discovering that I had what it took to succeed at a lifelong dream. I had become an author. That word, a new form of identification, thrilled me. It boosted my sense of accomplishment to a level I had always desired but had once thought insurmountable. I climbed and climbed until I reached the top, or “the end,” and because I wanted to share it with the world, I published it after forming my own company, Sea Pony Books.
Being a self-published author carries a stigma, but I couldn’t wait for someone else to recognize the value of my book. I don’t know where Sun Kissed & Salted will go from here. Will it lead me to acquire a literary agent? Will it become a miniseries? What I do know is that it got me started on a lifelong career. It gave me the ability to catch that boomerang that rode the wind with such force that it came back to me with power and grace, providing me with the confidence I can use going forward. I am grateful I dared to toss it into the air, ripping through the unknown, only to be rewarded with the invaluable experience of writing that first book, which leads me to know I can, in fact, write another. I feel that I have at least a dozen boomerangs in my back pocket, and I am curious to see how the next one catches flight.