Ang Shaef Writes

What I didn't report on in my ski post, was the crash I had at the end of the day. (Isn't it always the end of the day?) While most of the runs were slushy, the back canyon was icy, and I unintentionally bombed a steep downhill and crashed at the bottom. I knocked the air out of me but was grateful nothing was broken, or so I thought. Still in pain two days later I visited Instacare and discovered I had two broken ribs (in my back), a pleural effusion, an injured tailbone along with a very bruised behind. Its taken me a minute to recover--that first week was ROUGH. But ten days in I was well enough to go on a short girls trip and was glad for the distraction  and all the gut-busting late-night laughs, even though laughing was sooo painful. The best kind of pain.

Friends that encourage silliness are good friends to have. We even changed costumes halfway through the day!

I just received my first professional review! And received a Booklife EDITOR'S PICK!!  Booklife, a subsidiary of Publisher's Weekly, caters to indie (self-publishing) authors. If you submit your book to Booklife, you're guaranteed to get a review and critical analysis from a professional PW reviewer in your genre. They absolutely don't hand out all glowing reviews or all A's. They encourage authors to use the feedback to make needed adjustments before publishing. So, I am absolutely speechless with the glowing comments!  (And sleepless...I stayed up all night just thinking about it.) The review will be published in Publisher's Weekly, (a weekly trade magazine, "the Bible of the business" for publishers, booksellers and librarians,) on May 12, and yes, I ordered extra copies.  

Two babies arrived last month. So many emotions holding Marlie while admiring my real, live book!  It's marked Not for Resale because it's an author's proof -- an opportunity to find typos and mistakes before it goes on sale.  Yes, in spite of all the proofreading, there were still typos.  And of the five people who were willing to read it and search for errors, everyone found some,  and no one found the same ones. 😅😂