All of Your Scars- ONE MORE DAY

This has been a long time coming! A couple years ago I had an idea for a story and even wrote this story. Once it was finished, I thought it would be a great idea to fix up a few things, really try to edit the story maybe even make a couple chapters a little longer, and then I could publish the book on Amazon. However, I quickly realized that the story I had written, I had already grown out of. That’s not a bad thing, I feel as though a lot of writers can relate to that, but I had written this story over the time frame of several months, and my earlier writing just didn’t represent who I was anymore. Plus, the characters were originally in high school, and that was something I knew pretty much right away I wanted to change, and that in itself was going to bring a lot of change to the story and the actions among characters.

That story was called Perfect and to this day still holds a very special place in my heart because without Perfect there would be no All of Your Scars. It gave me the baseline and the ground work for this book. In January, I really sat down and started to write. Some ideas were already there, some scenes were already written, but I knew I was ready to get this story out into the world. After months and months of writing and rewriting and deleting and crying, I finally finished the first draft. Then after months of strict editing and rewrites, I finished another draft. Then as I was putting these edits in more edits came and more rewrites came, and another draft was born.

Then as my sister read this story I poured my blood sweat and tears into, I started on the cover. The cover I knew I had a vision for, but once I started to create it, suddenly that vision that seemed so simple was so complicated. But I did it. I finished the cover and it gave me the joy I was hoping for when I pictured it weeks prior. Then my sister finished the book and suddenly it felt like everything I had been working for was happening. The book was done, the cover was done, now all I needed was to get to formatting. And proof copy after proof copy after proof copy proved that maybe the hard part wasn’t over, my fellow authors probably understand this, and that formatting and figuring out how to book is going to look when printed was probably harder than it all.

I mentioned this back when I first announced the book that I couldn’t read it anymore or try to revise because I knew I would get to a point where I just hated the story and wanted nothing to do with in, from a writing standpoint. However, this book will always hold such a special place in my heart, not only because this book in many ways is my baby, but also this book is your introduction to a world much bigger than Ember and Declan. This book is the beginning of the Rockford University hockey series and I can’t wait for you to meet all of these incredible characters, a lot of them in this book, but also some in books to come.

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but All of Your Scars is out TOMORROW.

Get ready to dive into the world of Rockford University because in less than twenty-four hours… she is yours.

XOXO

Emily

PS. This book is also being release on my Papa’s birthday, so a very happy birthday to him. Thank you for your support!