I am scared to death of doing a book signing.

There, I said it.

I know I need to put myself out there, but the [...]]]> At 43,503 words on my WIP. Feeling good about the progress. Wish I could blink and it would be finished, but then I wouldn’t learn anything. Oh well…

I am scared to death of doing a book signing.

There, I said it.

I know I need to put myself out there, but the more I think about it—the more nervous I get. I had plenty of reasons to not do a book signing for Six O’clock:

Nobody Knows Who I Am

Of course they don’t! And they’ll never know who I am if I keep hiding.

Nobody Will Come

Most likely. But I can talk to a rock. I love to talk, and I love people. So if nobody shows up fine. I’ll just talk to the people loitering around the store.

This Won’t Help My Sales Figures

Probably not. But it will help spread of word of mouth about my book, which everyone knows can’t hurt.

The point of this post is to remind myself that I’m not a hairstylist anymore. I’m not. I’m a writer. (Or as my Mama likes to say, “An author.”) I had NO PROBLEM getting the word out about styling hair. I had no shame. Standing in line at the bank? Here’s a business card. Sitting on the bench at the mall? Here’s a business card.

Now when someone asks me what I do, I say I’m a stay-at-home mom. I kick myself later for not saying the truth—that I’m a writer. It feels like I’m bragging when I say what I do—and I hate braggers. But it’s not bragging. I’m simply stating a fact. And the fact is, if I don’t tell people that I have a book coming out, who will?

Has anyone else had a hard time talking about something that they’re proud of? Chime in!