Hello, team!
Do you know what they said about best laid plans? Well, they very often go astray. For me, those plans led me down the garden path, up the side of one hill, over another mountain, and ultimately landed me playing nurse to Hubby, who is recovering from surgery. He’s recovering very well, hooray!
I want to thank you all for your patience and for bearing with me while I’ve been absent last month and most of this one. I am delighted to have several new books and audiobooks for you to read, listen to, and champion. You are every author’s best friend because of your enthusiasm, your love of good stories, and the support you show them. Believe me when I say they appreciate each and every one of you.
And before we get started, if you are an author and would like to submit your book for review consideration, click here. Here at Deanna’s World, we not only feature our very special author clients, but also all authors who would like to have access to the Deanna’s World Advance Reader (ARC) team.
I’ve spent the last decade helping authors find the heart of their stories, acting as that voice on their shoulder between a messy first draft and a polished, ready-to-publish book. But lately, I’ve realized I’ve been ignoring a story of my own—one that’s been sitting on a dusty hard drive for nearly two decades. Okay, not dusty, it was in a drawer. I’m digging into my archives and treating my old journals with the same clinical yet caring eye I give my clients—this is terrifying. This will be a series of essays I’m calling "The Doha Diaries," where I’ll be sharing the raw, unvarnished, and very messy lessons of a year that broke me down and built me back up, all while showing you exactly how a publishing partner turns life’s chaos into a narrative that matters.
Settle in and buckle up, you’ll want your beverage of choice for this ride…
