Robin Wainwright Writes

Tentatively I approached a few of my friends about reading my first novel. They all expressed enthusiasm and I sent them out electronic copies.

Once again the waiting game began, nerve-racking.

I continued working on the second and third novels in the series, Becalmed and Capsized, and tried to stay focused on the process.

Then I received a card in the mail from one of my beta readers. It contained a Starbucks card and statements about how much my reader wanted to visit Crescent Bay, the fictional village where my story takes place. The Starbucks card was a reference to how large a part coffee plays in the first book.

Success! I still keep the card nearby to read on those days when writing is a challenge.

Then a couple weeks later I got an email from another beta reader. The beginning was a typical email from a friend but she ended it with “or I could move to a small village…” and she went on to describe the main theme of my book. Hurray.

Feeling more at ease with my first book, I dove back in to finish the race.

As an avid reader I have always enjoyed discovering a series that had been out long enough that I could binge read the full story. Since I am a self-published author, I can decide when my novels are published. I had decided to release all three books at the same time on October first, my favorite month of the year.

Hopefully Chronos would be on my side.