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Catherine Downen
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Self-Publishing: My Truth
The Markings is my debut novel that I self-published in April 2020. I can hardly believe it's already been out for over a month. For a while there, a lot of my life was consumed with the publishing process, and now I'm finally getting back into my normal writing schedule. Since things have returned to *somewhat* normal, I've really been reflecting on the entire self-publishing journey. I wanted to
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“The future will remain unknown. It will remain a secret. A blank page that I get to write myself.”
― The Markings
― The Markings
“The highs. They don’t last long, but the effect they have on you does. So you learn to enjoy the highs and to make them last as long as possible, but you also learn to love the rain. You learn to love the sound of it as it pours down on the rocks and the creek. You learn to love it like a song the clouds above are singing for you. And that’s how you survive. In this hand of cards, you don’t live. You survive. And I think that’s been the hardest part of it all. To go from being a kid, living a safe and stable life, to being tragic, broken, and having to just simply survive. Just survive.”
― The Markings
― The Markings
“My mother, father, and Titus may not be there with me like I had envisioned in my head, but I will see the island’s edge. I will see just how blue the water is.”
― The Markings
― The Markings
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“My brain sees him as a threat, as the enemy, a guard at the castle, but my heart feels he is a friend. The question is, which one is right?”
― The Markings
― The Markings
“My mother, father, and Titus may not be there with me like I had envisioned in my head, but I will see the island’s edge. I will see just how blue the water is.”
― The Markings
― The Markings
“I take in a deep breath of cool night air and force my mind to focus on running. Right foot. Left foot. Right foot. Left foot. Breathe in. Breathe out. Right. Left. In. Out. Right. Left. In. Out. I fall into a steady pattern as the sounds of our feet smacking against the wet mud consumes me.”
― The Markings
― The Markings
“The future will remain unknown. It will remain a secret. A blank page that I get to write myself.”
― The Markings
― The Markings
“For the longest time, the only sounds are my breathing and the taps of rain on the river; a mix of beautiful sounds that consume me.”
― The Markings
― The Markings
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