When the clock flipped to midnight this morning, a thrill of fear and excitement zipped through me. Today is my very first release day! The Courage Anthology is live and, even though I didn’t think it’d be possible, I slept like a rock. All the nerves leading up to today had left me a jittery ball of nerves. My usually snarky 16 year old stayed up to come and offer congratulations and then blew me away by telling me they were proud of me. That kid, I tell ya….

So much is happening right now–my debut release on 11/4, busy day job and home life, a conference next week–sometimes I don’t know if I’m coming or going. But I do know where I’m heading: