Writing has an indescribably contradictory quality, wherein actually doing it – the hours spent putting pen to paper, struggling over exactly the right adjective for a particular sentence – feels like hard work, but once a project is finished and becomes a real, tangible book, printed and bound so that I can hold the proof of my labour in my hands, it feels entirely surreal. I still look at After the Shots and Before the World Opened and, despite remembering every paragraph I agonised over for hours, part of me can’t believe it was me who wrote them. But I am undeniably thrilled every time I realise that I did. All of the work that went into both books is worthy of celebration, as far as I’m concerned, so it is my absolute pleasure to invite you all to the official launch of Before the World Opened next month.
Cee this is SO exciting and wonderful, and as always, I’m so proud of your amazing accomplishment. In fact, I’m re-reading your first book (enjoying it immensely) and then starting on book two. Yay!! Wish I could be there to celebrate with you, but as always, we’ll have to do our cheers over Skype!! xo