Feeling Twitchy

No, I haven't consumed too much coffee. Or had too many cupcakes -- yet.

But I'm feeling twitchy because the e-book release of The Hating Game is getting ever closer, and I'm getting ever more nervous. Today my publisher sent me over the final cover (a few minor changes, but FINAL!) and the penny dropped. This is it. My fiction will be out there. And soon!

I'm still doing some tweaks here and there, but it's now too late for major revisions. And with every sentence I read, I wonder: will people like this? Will they think I'm a bad writer? Will they ever want to read anything I write again?

It's the most nerve-wracking time of my life -- even more than the first day of junior high (because at least then I had cool deck shoes and rolled-up jeans). Yes, I have non-fiction published and I did a little bit of stressing over that, but this is different. This is my creation; my world. And I want people to love it.

I know not everyone will -- that's the nature of books. It's subjective. But what if no-one does? What if I get slated?

Ahhhhhh! Give me some wine!

How do you cope with the stress of showing others your writing?