LeQuita C. Harrison

I had the privilege to be a vendor at this year’s Black Author Expo in Largo, MD on Saturday. I met some amazing people and sold many books. I am so proud of myself for stepping out of my comfort zone again. I was able to tell people about my self-published books and my design business! And to soak in the sight of so many talented authors just like me made me feel that I am not alone on this writing journey. We’ve gone through grit and grind to publish and market our books

The excitement is REAL! To me, writing a book is the easy part. Once you decide you’re ready to publish it and share it with the world, that’s when the hard part kicks in. My debut young adult fantasy book, The Fairest , underwent at least 10 full revisions (including copyediting and proofreading) before I ended with the final version. Then there’s the prep and the research for publishing a book that has to be done at the same time so when things start moving, everything wo