1.0Women Writers, Women's Bookshttps://booksbywomen.orgWomen Writers Women Bookshttps://booksbywomen.org/author/bspencer/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="uDUyKFPtoC"><a href="https://booksbywomen.org/releasing-the-reins-for-the-character-and-the-author/">Releasing the Reins for the Character and the Author</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://booksbywomen.org/releasing-the-reins-for-the-character-and-the-author/embed/#?secret=uDUyKFPtoC" width="600" height="338" title="“Releasing the Reins for the Character and the Author” — Women Writers, Women's Books" data-secret="uDUyKFPtoC" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://booksbywomen.org/wp-content/uploads/81WAhzbf12L._SY342_-1.jpg214342On the day this article is published, my debut novel, Releasing the Reins, will be launched. It will mark the culmination of six years of hard work from vague idea to published novel. For that reason alone, it will be a momentous week for me. However, it will also be the week I am transitioning […]