Margay Leah Justice | From Conception to Birth, Or One Book’s Journey to Publication


As you can tell from my whimsical tale above, writing and publishing, to me, often mimic conception and birth. The stages of both are remarkably similar. There is the courtship period when you are first introduced to the idea that will one day take over your life. Followed by the get-to-know you period during which you decide whether or not the idea has longevity and you want to commit to it. Once you make that commitment, there is the gestation period – I think you can guess what happens here. The idea grows and grows, taking on a life of its own, convincing you that you are mad, suffering from a hormonal imbalance, or both. But in the end, it’s worth it because you deliver a rollicking, three hundred page epic that someone is bound to love – and not because they’re related to you.
So I guess you could say that Nora’s Soul is the first of my literary babies. She is almost two months old now, having made her debut in November, and growing stronger every day. Bringing her to the attention of the public is similar to the care and nurturing of an infant, requiring constant vigilance. Yet the pay off is that people are noticing her, some are cooing over her, and others even want to take her home with them. She may just be crawling now, but soon she will gain her legs and walk on her own – and I will sit back in amazement like any proud mother, thinking, Wow, I can’t believe I created that! And in the grand tradition of mothers everywhere, I will want to create another one, forgetting all of the pains and labor involved in the process. Keep your eyes open for the debut of Nora’s brother, Dante. Thank you for riding along with me on this whimsical journey into my take on writing. I hope you enjoyed the trip as much as I did.
Margay Leah Justice is the author of Nora’s Soul, from Second Wind Publishing, LLC. Nora’s Soul is currently available on Amazon.com. To read more about Margay and her writing, visit margayleahjustice.com.
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16 Comments:
Congrats on your book release :)
Thank you, Stacy!
Congratulations, Margay on "Nora's Soul." What a wonderful post. You captured the "birth of a book" perfectly.
Kay
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Thanks, Kay! I'm so glad you stopped by. I've always said producing a book is like birthing a baby - I'm just glad I was able to capture the essence.
Other writers have described writing a book as a birth process, but can't remember anyone else giving it such a complete overview!
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clynsg, thank you for stopping by. Let's just say, I've had a lot of time to think about this!
WOW! I had no idea how complicated the publishing/writing
process was until I read your blog; it is a wonder anything is published! Good on you, MS. Justice.
It may be a lot of work, fraught with complications, but like childbirth, in the end you have the beautiful fruits of your labor. Thanks for stopping by, Dawnlizabeth.
Margay, hello again! Saw you were over at Fresh Fiction and thought I had to drop in and congratulate you again on the release of Nora's Soul. Love your blog - very cute!
Thank you, Anna! I appreciate the support. Thank you so much for stopping by!
Great blog post! Thanks.
Congrats on your release, Margay. YOur blog today was a perfect description about the creation of your 'baby.' Thanks for the smile.
Julie
Congrats on the release. Great post and the book sounds good.
Thanks, LuAnn, I'm glad you liked it!
Thank you, Julie. I've always believed that the creation of life and the creation of a book were similar. I'm just glad I was able to capture that essence on paper.
Thank you, Donnas. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
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