Guest Post: Lessons from Birthing a Second Book

My most recent blog compared the release of my first book A Certain Man with birthing a baby. The next book in the series, A Certain Mercy, is undergoing content edits. This manuscript has readily confirmed that writing a second book is like expanding your family by the birth of another child.

When I was expecting my second child, I would gaze at my first, asleep with an angelic look on her face, and wonder how I could ever love another child as much. Upon the births of my second and third, I quickly learned that God enlarges your heart. You love each child individually in a way that defies quantification.

My multi-published author friends have assured me that I am not alone in my “second book jitters”. My desire to make the second book as strong or stronger than the first is a common one. But there are challenges––

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