Bumps in the Road (Part 1)

Orphaned

About a month after my Publishers Marketplace deal announcement, my acquiring editor sent me an email telling me she was leaving the imprint. It was a very kind email, thoughtful and empathetic, but it didn’t matter. A big pit yawned open in my stomach as I processed what she was telling me.

I’d been orphaned. 

The person who had read and loved my book, w…