Iqra is back tomorrow!
Hello my OG subscribers (what I call you guys in my other newsletter list)!
I’ve had a couple of extremely busy months and I had to postpone the release of my new book becuase I was nowhere close to completing it. In fact, even after postponing it for a month, I still struggled to finish it in time.
I was always good at compartmentalising myself when it came to writing and the outside world. But this time, not so much. In June, I was in Malaysia, visiting family and even though I had my laptop with me, I wasn’t really in the mood to write.
In July, I had family visiting me and for the two weeks they were at home, writing and making sure I made Iqra’s detective skills believable was not my highest or first priority.
I finally got down to banging out the rest of the novel and I was not sure if it turned out the way I’d meant for it to, in my head. After a batch of revisions based on feedback from my beta readers, I was partially satisfied and after editing and proofreading, I uploaded it on the KDP dashboard, mere hours before the dashboard would get locked down.
So, yes, it’s been an overall struggle. But then this week started and all the horrific events have started piling up and I am finding it very hard to compartmentalise, especially during this marketing phase.
I feel quite fatalistc, to be honest. I don’t see the point in going on and on about my book when horrific crimes are being perpetuated in my country. Writing is no longer letting me live under my rock. And I don’t quite know what to do about it.
Anyway, I just felt like sending out a newsletter to you guys and letting you all know that the book is out tomorrow. I’m not sure what I’m going to do if I can’t use my writing as a crutch to get away from the awful events of the real world.
Despite everything, I do hope that you enjoy the book if you read it. Do leave feedback and rating on the amazon and goodreads pages if you can.
That’s it for now. The book is available for preorder here.