I did two bold things yesterday. First, I pressed the PUBLISH button on Amazon for my memoir, Unmoored, How an Adoptee Found Her True Identity. TA DA!
And two, I finished painting my living room a deep oceanic blue. This second item may sound mundane and unimportant compared to sharing the book I’ve been working on for close to a decade, but in some ways, they’re similar.
Let me explain. For several years I’d been looking at my living room walls thinking they were a blah color, but unsure what else to paint them. I had a favorite color in mind, but it seemed a bit wild. What if I wanted or needed to sell my house in the near future? Would the vibrant color I adored be a turn off to buyers? Shouldn’t I choose something more neutral? Something sure to please everyone? I saw examples of my favorite color used in curated rooms on Pinterest which looked great. But those rooms were put together by professional designers. Who did I think I was?
Long story short, last Friday my husband and I painted over the old beige, and it was the difference between settling for something and WOW that’s it! It may not be everyone’s taste, but it’s unabashedly me.
Painting my living room was like finally publishing my book in that a memoir is a personal story and telling it is a risk because it’s not neutral, it’s uniquely mine. My story won’t be for everyone, but for those it may serve I pray it will be a WOW concerning Jesus and God’s saving grace. And like deciding on a color, it’s a relief to finally take action to publish. I may not be a professional designer or a professional writer, but I believe this is the tale I was born to tell about my adoption and how it affected my sense of security and identity in ways that impacted my coming of age and coming to Christ.
So, here’s the cover of Unmoored and the link on Amazon including a detailed description and a sample excerpt. I hope you’ll check it out, and if you read it, would you do me the honor of writing an honest review. The more reviews the first few weeks after publication, the more the book is pushed to the top of its category, so interested readers will be able to find it.
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
