I found a house that offered me an advance. Yay! We had some amazing talks, I felt so freaking good about this. SO. GOOD. I was getting a book trailer! It was AMAZING.

Until it wasn't. The week of my ebook release, the publisher went silent. I emailed about once a month asking if everything was okay. I'm generally an understanding person, you know? But nothing. No response. Six months in, I'm told "I'll explain soon." Nothing.

About a year in, we communicated again.

Part Thirteen