Jenny Noa

I mentioned in the last post about the pay-for-play review I submitted. I can happily report that my obsessive email refreshing has come...

Six weeks from the launch, but it’s only now that the travel and holiday frenzy is wrapping up that I can breathe a bit. It feels good,...

It is done. The book is out, available where books are sold or special-ordered. Honestly, not sure what to say. The response from friends...

I have a proof copy of my book in my hands and I can't lie, it's a little surreal. I'm not sure I'm feeling all my feelings. It's a tough...

To update you on the cover, it's done and it's wonderful. I can't tell you how good it feels to have it, to love it, and to have gotten...

The list does feel never-ending sometimes, but it shifts. At first there are giant things like "write book" and "do edits" and "stop...

Well, folks. We are drawing near to the finish line. Think more turtle, less Sha'Carri Richardson, but nevertheless... The Beta reading...

Hello, hello. Still at it. I'm learning a lot at every step, which is good. Taking lessons from life is my thing. But it's slow going. I...

I have handed copies of my (finished??) manuscript to five people to do what they (we??) in the biz call beta readers. These kind, kind...

I am alive and well, and thanks for waiting. You probably guessed that I put the whole project aside for a good long while -- eight or so...

Lest you think I've completely disappeared or given up...I remain alive and mostly well. I don't know much about writer's block. My...

Welp. Nothing really to report on the book, which feels like something I should report on. This is a process blog, after all. I lasted a...

That's a big title. It's only to say that life has gotten a little in the way of the schedule I was hoping to keep to. I had some wisdom...

The podcasts I've been listening to talk about "finishing energy," a (I hope) final burst of creativity and verve that gets you to the...

Absolutely hilarious to me right now that my chief concern just two days ago was how I would manage to record and upload essays that are...

Welp, we're about a week away from the due date for the edited manuscript. I will admit that I've been obsessively checking my email for...

I want to keep moving forward while the book is with the editor, but just getting a handle on everything is difficult. I thought to begin...

Friends who used to regularly ask me how the book is coming along have stopped doing that. I can't blame them and it's partly a relief....

OK, the e-ink is still wet, but I just finished going over the last piece. I have completed the revision. It was, as I broadly hinted in...

Welp. The edits are in. And…oof. I sort of did it to myself, having asked her to “give me everything.” I’ve since done some research and...