Laura Preble’s books include the IPPY-award-winning Anna Incognito (soon to be a screenplay), Queen Geek Social Club, and Out. She is a journalist, sci-fi geek, librarian, and singer.
The first pass was—traumatic. I was re-reading every single word of my novel, dissecting where I could have written it better, second-guessing so many things. I had to stop that critic in my head just so I could get the work done.