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Cindy: When It All Became Real

On her War Bonds blog, Cindy writes: "Writing War Bonds has been a five-year journey with many highs and lows. The thrill of getting signed with a great agency. The disappointment of realizing your agent’s a dud. The tremendous excitement of receiving a contract with a great publisher. The sinking realization that you still have a whole lot of work to do on your manuscript and only a few months to get it done. The joy of receiving the first round of advance review copies. The dread of finding that yep, there’s more words to be written and a just few weeks to write them. The amazing experience of opening that first box of final copies and resisting the tempation to dump them on your bed and wallow in them. (Not good for the covers. Plus paper cuts.) Then the dawning knowledge that you have to market the book, talk about the book, have your picture taken for the book, hound people to talk about the book. Daunting for an introvert for sure. But then comes the moment when it suddenly all becomes real.  A friend posts a photo of your books on display at a local bookstore and it hits you– people are going to buy your book and read it! More here.

Question: Is there a World War II love story from your family?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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