Welcome back to another Open Book Blog Hop!

Today’s topic is: Do you have a special way of celebrating when you finish writing a book? Or other achievements in your journey? How do you reward yourself?

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To be honest, my first novel lead almost immediately into my second novel. So I suppose my celebration was the reward of working on more books!

Jokes aside, One thing I did was to take a breather. To just stop and reflect on what I’d achieved in seeing a book through to completion. The other thing I do is order myself a final copy of the book. I have a shelf at home with some of my most prized books on – signed copies from big name and indie authors, special editions, and one where my comment features on the cover for a book. A copy of all three of my books sits on it.

Is it vain? Perhaps, but I worked hard on my books. Each one contains a piece of me from a specific moment in time. And I’m proud of them. So many people say “I could write a book”. But they never do. I did, and I should be proud if that, irrespective of how well they sell.

Otherwise, I don’t formally do anything as such to celebrate. I just enjoy the time to reflect, then get going on the next idea!