Launch Day!

Anna has always been a dreamer with a rich imagination. From the moment she started talking her vocabulary was so beyond 'normal' that people were always saying to us, "she has such verbal skills" or "her words are amazing". 

She was born to be a writer. 

Anna graduated from College of the Holy Cross with a degree in psychology and a minor in creative writing and Chinese.  Although she has decided on becoming a school psychologist (more about that back here) we knew that writing would be a part of her life. 

So she wrote a book and self published it. 

I first read the book when Anna was studying abroad in China. At that point it wasn't a book but printed on computer paper in a big stack. And I loved it. It actually helped me though missing her because the book was so 'her'. 

Then when she got home from China she decided she wanted to get just a few printed so she could give them to her viola teachers and conductors, one for her grandpa (who also loves to write books), and one for our family. (here is a post from Christmas day with a picture of her giving the book to her grandpa) 

But I encouraged her to "get that book out there", "launch that baby of yours into the world" 

So she did. She figured out how in the world to get Amazon to print it and all of the other logistics that go along with that. 

So I decided that it would be fun for Anna to have a Launch Party online to celebrate and to let the world (ok, just family and friends) know about our new author! 

I took the photos for her insta account and then she made a post. 

We made a gift basket for someone to win who "liked and shared her post" and wrote a question. 

She used the questions people asked to create little videos about her book, the writing process, and her as an author. She did an amazing job and was just adorable in those videos! 

At 8:00 pm yesterday she sent the videos to her 'stories' for anyone who wanted to to tune in. And they did!

Congratulations Anna on your book. It was so much fun celebrating you. You were meant to be an author telling the world a story as God 'writes' the story of your life. ❤