Just Who Will Your Book PO?

You Know Your Book is Ready to Publish when You Know it’s going to P0 friends, family and anyone with differing opinions.  I’d heard this said by an author a few months ago, before I was ready to publish Suitcase Filled with Nails.   At that time I was afraid my book could offend friends (whom I disguised in the book), and of course anyone with a hyper reactive streak, when it comes to even mentioning religion, even a positive light (Suitcase does in a minor, light-hearted way).  But, I never considered my book might P O my family.  Really.  Because, beside my husband, my family consists of relatives in the Midwest, some of them very, very, very Catholic relatives.

One of these relatives responded to the Facebook or the Linkedin posting, I posted a few days ago, announcing the forthcoming publication of Suitcase Filled with Nails. My cousin said he would suggest it to his book group, I thought at first Swell.  Then I thought of his mother who is my aunt and if you even whisper God, even in a light-hearted flippant way, around her, she will wash your mouth out with soap.  And since I allude to my position in the Catholic Church in colorful ways, I’m starting to feel like Suitcase, could, along with other religious extremists enjoying the warmth of the Middle East, also PO this aunt in the cold Mid-west.  I do so much more prefer the minty taste of Crest than Bon Ami on a toothbrush.