RedJorgAncrath asked Tracy Townsend:

How exciting, scary, etc is all of this? What's it like for an author to await the release of a book they wrote when you've got only days to wait?

Tracy Townsend It's tense! At this point, other than trying not to be too annoying in reminding people to come to a launch event, or order the book, or whatnot, there's little an author can really "do" anymore. It's a lot of waiting and trying not to make an arse of yourself as you do it. :) I think, more than scary, "surreal" is a good word for it. I finished writing THE FALL 18 months ago, and so in some ways it feels very far away, and yet writing promotional materials, doing interviews, talking with friends and fans, makes it feel imminent and anticipated. The timeline of publishing feels so much like time travel, or moving to an alternate universe, where other people are just catching up to things you already know and have taken for granted.

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