Woo Hoo! The Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation Is Promoting My Book

Patience (or more likely, hesitancy) pays off!

I have always known that my book would would benefit my fellow Sjogren's sufferers, and the most likely way to reach them was through the Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation.  I had attended their National Patient Conference last spring and know that they do good work and provide patients with only the best information.   And although I had sent a copy of the book to them very early on, I just didn't seem to be able to break through and find someone who had the time to read it and respond to it.

Well here we are, almost seven months later, and its happened.  The Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation will promote and sell my book on their website!

Oh why did I ever doubt?  I knew I loved them!

Lattes and Authorhood

I'm thinking that I ought to gather my devices and begin to hang out in coffee shops instead of the corner of my living room couch, because that's what authors do.  Right?

And I'm preparing answers in my mind for all of the questions that will be posed during the myriad of author interviews which will follow in the wake of publishing Drying My Tears.  Here are just a few I've come up with:

• What do your fans mean to you?  If I actually have fans, it means that they are currently one of the 14 people who have read my book and so I love them!

• When you're not writing, how do you spend your time?  The answer to this one is easy: SLEEPING!

• How do you approach cover design?  I approach a cover by designing anything that is free.

• Can you describe what your desk looks like?  It's soft and plushy.  It has pillows that match.  It's a chair and a desk all in one.  Why it's my living room couch!

• Do you encounter obstacles while trying to write?  Well, we could start by talking about "Drain Clog" (a.k.a. brain fog) and then move on to feeling "Sabulous" (all dried out) which has resulted in corneal erosions and vision disturbances.  No discussion of obstacles would be complete without mention of my ever-present fatigue, including the almost-daily "Walking Dead Wipeout".

How am I doing?  Looking forward to the lattes!  Please make mine a Hot Grande Skim, and my name is . . .

 What is my name, anyway???

Drying My Tears - This Book Is My Baby!

I have been writing (and rewriting) this book, Drying My Tears, for close to 18 months, and yesterday I hit the PUBLISH button.  In all honesty it was like sending my only child off to college.  (On second thought, I should liken it to sending an only child off to boarding school as a kindergartner, because by the time my daughters went off to college I practically kicked them out of the house )  How could I possibly send my baby out into that big world and leave her open to criticism and reviews?

Drying My Tears recounts the story of my family's encounters with autoimmune diseases  and shares my experiences with complementary medicine.  It also serves as a sort of intimate journal, for in it, I have been very frank about what it is like to live with autoimmunity.  Did I reveal too much of myself?  Too little? A memoir like this is a funny thing.  It's personal by its very nature.

I believe I may be shivering. . .

Buy It at Amazon!