So I Guess I’m Doing This

I finished my novel – now what?

I’ve been writing since 2021. Through a combination of an obsessive reading habit, overactive imagination, and COVID-based boredom, one day I developed the audacity to believe I could write a novel. I’d read hundreds of them; how hard could it be. And to my surprise, the actual writing part wasn’t that hard. Turning that writing into a cohesive story- that was more of a challenge.

I wrote two entire novels that will probably never see the light of day because I am a pantser with no aim, going off of purely vibes, and deliciously giddy machinations.

So, I took some creative writing classes at a local community college, where I learned both the art of the short story and that I was far too verbose for that category. Though I managed to get the ego boost of being a short fiction finalist for a literary journal contest.

Back to the drawing board. In 2023 I visited Saugatuck Michigan for the first time. I was fresh off of the high of nearly recognized literary greatness and was sunning myself on the beach when an idea came to me.

And then I scrapped it.

And then I re-worked it.

And then I scrapped it again.

And then I wrote and wrote and wrote for nearly a year and a half straight until something resembling A Case of You took shape.

A Case of You is a small-town Midwestern romcom set in the fictional town of Holden, Michigan, very tightly based on the real town of Saugatuck, Michigan. It features a hilarious cast of characters that celebrate a summer of shenanigans before one of them leaves town forever. There are themes of found family, strong female friendships, strained maternal relationships, small town summer nonsense, and lost love. Though, I’ll go ahead and give you a spoiler – it has a happy ending.

I am currently in the query process right now, as my first choice is to be traditionally published. But we’ll see.

If you stick around with me. I’ll share my writing journey with you. What I’m currently working on (a fantasy romcom called Middle Ages), how the query process is sucking my soul from my body, and all kinds of other book-loving nonsense.

Thanks in advance.