Guest Blog: Nicole Morgan: I Finished Another Book!

Don’t we all want to scream that from the top of our lungs after we type in those magical words, The End? After all, we’ve put our heart and soul into this latest work. So, why wouldn’t we want to tell the world? Some people might think that once a book is finished our work is done and it’s time for the author to sit back and reap the rewards of their hard work.  But, oh how wrong they are. My fellow authors know how true this is.  We may have finished our manuscript but we also have to edit and polish it up before we submit it to a publisher. Once that is done, there is the inevitable waiting game. Days will tick by, and then weeks. In some cases it can take some publishers as long as two months to get back with you. When we finally receive that response email from our publisher of choice we can only hope that it holds good news.

Let’s assume it does, this is a huge celebration and a moment of pride for an author. Our work however isn’t done there though. Next comes a questionnaire for the book cover, preparing blurbs of different lengths for various promotional materials, and of course edits! Oh sure, we edited our book before we submitted it, but we are only human and there are bound to be mistakes. There are a minimum of two rounds of edits with most publishers, however when creative differences come into play the amount of edits can go on and on until all parties are convinced it is the best possible story for the reader.

Fast forward just a little bit. We’ve finished our edits, the cover is pretty and the book is set for release… we can finally breathe a sigh of relief that the hard work is done, right? Wrong again! Now it’s time to promote the book. With promotion comes a lot of hard work and tireless hours of chatting in yahoo groups, posting on facebook and twitter in hopes that with all of the wonderful books out there available to readers we are able to grab someone’s attention.

What is my point to all of this, you ask? Well, there are many authors out there, many talented authors that is, who write some pretty spectacular novels. There are authors with one book released, and there are authors with dozens released. Each and every story woven by an author is special. Whether it is your cup of tea or something you normally wouldn’t choose, it is a story that a lot of hard work went into.

So, the next time you’re looking for a book look for a new author, one you’ve never read before. Or maybe even try a genre completely different and broaden your horizons. At the end of the day you never know what you may discover about yourself. After all, books are meant to take us to another time and place. So go on… what are you waiting for… go get lost! Well, in a book that is. ;)

BIO:
Nicole Morgan is an avid reader who kept having one recurring problem. Ideas of stories kept popping into her head. She ignored her desire to write until her curiosity got the better of her and she decided to research what steps she would have to take if she truly wanted to take a chance and write.

Nicole took a chance and followed her dream. She has been blessed with some fabulous opportunities and has met some wonderful people along the way. Writing is a true love to her and has brought her a new and profound happiness with every step she’s taken along the way.

BLURB:
Jace Walker served his country for ten years in the Army. Years of combat and war left him with invisible wounds which bring him to the lowest point in his life. In a moment of crisis, he meets his angel.
After years of being an attentive and loyal wife, Alexis Foster catches her husband’s infidelity. Her life changes as she gets divorced and becomes a single parent.

Years pass and Jace finds his angel once again. Only this time she’s no longer married. He vows to do anything in his power to sweep her off her feet and make the angel he remembered from all those years before become his. Despite her insecurities, the two find an attraction stronger than either of them anticipated.

Will he entice her into letting down her walls? Or will she entice him into finding a true and unrelenting love?