Happy Release Day to Me!

Well, doesn't that feel the tiniest bit lonesome? LOL. It is a bit of a me-party around here today as I celebrate the official release of Maladaptive into the book world.

It started as a therapy exercise. A journal. An attempt to revive my creative energy by clearing out the mental and emotional clutter that was getting in the way. I wasn't even convinced it would work. 

If I'd only known then that it would work, that the mental and emotional clutter purge WAS the creative act? 

It's probably for the best that I didn't know. The moments when it did finally click that "Oh, I AM writing, this IS creativity, I AM inspired" were little bursts of joy that I kept quietly to myself while I built that fire back up inside. A new fire, different from the old fire. Now it's just a matter of continuing to stoke that fire and not worry too much about what the rest of the world thinks... or doesn't think... about it.

As part of my Release Day activities, I posted the following on my Instagram, and I want to share it here too, because it gets to the heart of the matter, I think.

This book is for all the daydreamers and misfits out there, maladaptive or otherwise. I do see you and I hope this book finds you and makes you laugh and helps you feel a little more connected to yourself and to the universe.