


Whether you’re traditionally published, self-published, or choose a hybrid publisher (you’ll get a small or no advance, an editor, a publicist, and higher percentage of royalties than traditional offers but maybe not the reviewers and other perks), one of the first steps in marketing your book-the cover-presents myriad challenges. And now, the fact that Will's done this once before has Eva running that much faster to make things perfect-and getting herself into more trouble than she ever dreamed possible.You finally finished your one-hundred-thousand word masterpiece after tireless effort, and, if your writing process is like mine, much metaphorical head bashing against your laptop. Still, what's a little stress in exchange for wedded bliss? When Eva thinks of all the married people she knows, she's positive that this may turn out to be the biggest mistake of her life because all those “married people” are now either acrimoniously divorced, or seemingly on the brink.īut once the bridal ball is rolling downhill, it's damn near impossible to stop it without getting crushed. So, she's got a guy she's crazy about, a thriving business, and “fun” wedding plans to make, including finding an affordable reception site that doesn't have dead animal heads hanging from the walls, a non-poofy dress that adequately corrals her cleavage and a cake that isn't orange inside. “X” (she has a name, but why dwell on details?) is long gone, and Will loves Eva now-loves her enough, in fact, to want to move in and get married.

Not that Eva has anything to worry about, really. Something that's been happening lately-a lot… Still, such things tend to take on a weird sort of significance when one is in the throes of a panic attack prompted by irrational jealousy of one's boyfriend's ex-wife. It's never a good idea to take messages scrawled in bar bathrooms personally. You are not the first, and you are definitely not the last.
