Tee's Blog

New York, the hustling and bustling city, is moving as fast as always. I feel like a snail at its epicenter trying to cross the street on a Monday morning in Midtown. This is what retirement feels like for me at this stage in my life. I’ve been moving at a snail’s pace while the rest of the world passes by. Now, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. I mean, I don’t have to get up as early as I once did to beat the rush hour traffic. Most mornings are quiet, slow and “easy like Sunday morning” for me.

In mid-January, I launched my second romance novel after waiting for months to receive my copyright. The government shutdown delayed my plans to release my book in 2025. So I had no choice but to wait patiently for a new release date. Again, like a snail I began preparing more graphics to post on social media for my book release. By January, I made the decision to finally try placing this book into Kindle Unlimited for three months and to include a promotion of the ebook for free for a week on Amazon.

I waited a week to see if I could reach a larger audience. Well, at least 158 people downloaded my book. I was quite happy with the results. However, as of this March I have zero reviews of my new book. What did I do wrong? Or what did I do right? I guess I’ll never know. Feedback is imperative for authors to grow. As a result, I sometimes feel I’m at a crossroad about continuing my author’s journey.

Maybe, it’s just the state of the world right now. Things are so crazy economically and politically. I sometimes feel it’s affecting us all spiritually. Everything is moving so fast. Maybe we all need to slow down like the snail and just think of others a bit more.