Author: czierk


  • Lessons Learned

    Lessons Learned

    To make mistakes is to human. To human is to hurt. My book has been on NetGalley for nearly two weeks now, and I have mixed feelings about the experience. Reviews have been all over the place, and I feel like I did myself a disservice by not being more selective with the readers I…

  • Decision Made

    Decision Made

    I posed a question the other day to anyone who would listen out in the digital ether. The response I got was incredible, and I’m grateful for all the great advice people were willing to provide. The question I posed was essentially this: If I’m over 50% done with my next novel, but have doubts…

  • A Writer’s Conundrum

    Now that my book is sort of out in the world, I have been doing a lot of thinking about what to work on next. I know, I know — don’t get ahead of myself, worry about what’s in front of me. Like I’ve already established though, patience might be a virtue, but it isn’t…

  • The First Few Days

    My book is out in the world. What a crazy thing to be able to say. When I hit submit on my NetGalley submission, a wave of excitement and fear ran through my body, equally distributed, and dually affecting. I hit that button, looked around, and asked myself, “what now”? Well, the answer was, “wait”,…