When things don't go as planned

In publishing, it happens a lot, both in big ways and small

I saw this rainbow by chance the other day. Did it appear because something didn’t go as planned? Probably not, but it’s a nice thought.

I’ve said this before, but there’s not much you can control about a career in publishing outside of your writing. The words you put on the paper? You can control that. But everything else? The reviews and reception and sales and marketing plans and and and…? All out of your control.

In my previous newsletter, I broke down my marketing and promo efforts for Dustborn’s paperback release. (Read it here if you’re interested.) One of my plans included sending copies of the book to influencers.

I learned yesterday that my publisher can not, in fact, provide me addresses to do this. My editor (my main person of contact on this, as I do not have a publicist at this imprint¹) thought my plans sounded great. She was excited about them. She emailed her…