ITS MY RELEASE DATE! DAUGHTER OF OR IS OFFICIALLY PUBLISHED!

I would apologize for the screaming in the title if I wasn’t screaming inside. BUT ITS RELEASE DATE BABY!!!

In all actuality, I feel quite numb? Surreal? It feels almost impossible. Well, not impossible, but definitely something like a Twilight Zone parallel reality. I always wanted this, but its hard to picture it happening until it does.

I’ve always written. Before I knew how to write, even. I was coloring pages with blowpens and having my mom write down how the story went. Stories have been my mode of communication and understanding for as long as I remember. And now, after at least 10 practice novels, we’re here.

Daughter of Or is the brainchild of me thinking “lol what if Prince Charming turned out to be Dracula” and “what if I was brave enough to write about a girl like me?”. Because all my characters have flavors of me in them, in their flaws and strengths, but none of them had bipolar disorder. Until now.

When I think about Daughter of Or’s main character, Benca, I am proud and embarrassed and admirable and surprised. Because she has all the strength I wish I could’ve given my younger self when she was struggling with her condition. She’s not perfect, she’s messy and angry and prone to rash decisions. But she’s the hero. She chooses her path to save herself. And I love her. As hard and long as it took me to love myself, I see Benca and I adore her.

So, I hope y’all can love her—and her story—too.

And now you can.