Many thanks to Stacey for affording me the opportunity to feature in a guest post first published on the WHISPERINGSTORIES  blog on 26 April. Text reproduced below:

Those of you who have been with me on my self-publishing journey will know that I’ve done it! My book is now out in the world and so far at least, performing well and I’m delighted to announce that four days after launch, I had my first five-star Amazon review. To date I’ve now received three* five-star reviews and I am over the moon.

So how did I do it? I had a secret weapon – Stacey from Whispering Stories.

When I wanted to metaphorically shove ‘Reasonable Doubt?’ in a drawer to gather dust, Stacey told me to stop being such a wimp. She held my hand every step of the way from proofreading to cover design and onto publication…

As the day got hotter and hotter

I sat staring off into the water

Dreaming of better days

Wishing the bad ones would go away

Worrying about so many things

Then I heard a little bird sing

My mood suddenly improved

I became quite amused

The little bird upon the rock

Made me smile, what a shock

© Susan Zutautas 2019

This poem was written for Crimson’s Creative Challenge.