We all remember our firsts. Our first kiss. Our first job. Our first business. Our first love (for me - the hubby, my one and only). Firsts are important, aren't they?
Well, this month has been a whirlwind of firsts for me.
My first novel, Breach Of Trust, has been published. Big, Big, BIG first.
I had my first sale. My big brother, an amazing screenwriter, haunted the Champagne site to capture that honor.
I had my first unprompted reader/author review. Not only that but it was from the hot writing erotica author Wylie Kinson. She said the sexual tension was toe-curling, can you believe it? Yikes and she writes erotic romance! I had to confirm that she read the same book.
I had my first blog ask ME for an interview (rather than the other way around with me begging others for promo face time). Amy Ruttan, author of Love Thy Neighbor (releasing today), wants to ask me questions for an upcoming Six Degrees Of Sexy post. It made me feel like a celebrity. A lot of fun.
Firsts do transition into seconds. They're important too. I have a novel out in February. Now, Invisible is very special to me, don't get me wrong. It was the novel I was meant to write. But Breach Of Trust will always be my first.
You want to be remembered by an author forever? Buy her very first book on the very first day and then email her saying that you did (you don't even have to read it that day, simply buy it).
Do this once a week for the next 10 years and you'll have made a lasting difference in the lives of 520 new authors. I figure that pretty much guarantees your impact will live on in the literary world forever. All from reading first novels. Amazing, isn't it?
Kimber Chin's first novel Breach Of Trust is now available from Champagne Books.
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