IWSG: March 3 2026

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The awesome co-hosts for

March 4 posting of the IWSG are PJ Colando, Ronel Janse van Vuuren, and Natalie Aguirre!

March 4 question -

- What elements do you include in your book launch? Or what do you have in mind for your future book launch? Or what advice do you have to offer to others planning to launch a book?

Thank you to the co hosts!!!

I can't believe that I'm about to type it in the IWSG post:

I am published.

Damn. I am a self published author:)

Paperback distribution is within India only but the Kindle version will be available any day now.

As of now I have no idea how many people have bought my book. I think it's 2 but I won't know anything till 25th March. I have no idea how to make people buy my book. 

And yeah--- I haven't bought my own book. I shared it on the family/friend groups and my parents---surprisingly didn't mind me posting on Instagram. Idk if it's because I'm sixteen or if it's because I did something they thought I'd never. I wanted to place the order right then but I couldn't. I'm saving up a little so that I can buy 30 books in bulk for a cheaper rate. 

It wasn't a brilliant time to publish my book because I just came back after my MODEL EXAMS and my FINAL EXAMS starts in six days(2 days from when you're reading this).

I was thinking of hosting something little in a cafe. Obviously I can't afford something like that but my friends were already planning on doing something in the summer vacation and they all agreed to put money into it with me. Just twenty people in a cafe, buying the book, having fun, taking a bunch of photos and reels for Instagram. 

Maybe all of this would only be something like me ending up on a couch telling my grand kids about how I used to have an obsession with writing when I was a teen. But I think it'll all be worth something. I've got to connect with some different people, learn new things, be really obviously dumb and it's good. 

Writing has become so much of my life. It's gotten somewhere like--it defines me. Atleast some people wave at me and say 'SeñoRida!' (My annoying cousins ofc)

This Ends This Summer was just an experiment of mine. I really didn't think I'd get it anywhere when I took an old diary with a few leftover pages and started writing a diary entry to Taylor Swift from an American girl's perspective. I have no idea why it worked.

Next time when I publish a book, it'll either be KDP self publishing or a damn determination to get an agent.  

Tell me. I have no idea. What all am I supposed to do again?

Fifteen year old Sasha Samuelson has been battling PTSD for the past eight years. After the traumatic incident that brought a dark shadow over her family, she's been on a drastic loop.

Sasha had always been a ghost.
And she didn't know any better.
She chose to know no better.

But summers change everything. The old playmate, her little crush--Raven Ice--walked into her life this summer, and told her that he wasn't just in her dream.

But like a dream, This Ends This Summer.

This Ends This Summer is a young adult coming of age high school romance that will take you on a road trip through another crepuscular summer. 

                                                                                  

Rida, AKA SeñoRida, is a 2010-born girly. Her hobbies include reading, writing, and fan-girling. She is obsessed with fried chicken, purple, and books. She’s never a follower but a fan, and she believes that’s how it’s supposed to be. She’s an ordinary human who wants to do extraordinary things.
Her debut novel, This Ends This Summer is a coming of age, swoon worthy, heart melting romance that you must not miss because the love she writes, is a holy trinity of respect, trust and hope and life is lived if we live for love! Social media links; Instagram: @rida.senorida Blog: spotforyoubyme.blogspot.com

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I'd love to thank all of you!!! This group has been really kind to me. I've learned some good things. I was welcomed so warmly here! This has been a safe haven. 

Thank you everyone from the bottom of my heart!

IWSG will always be a dear place.

Thank you. TYSM. Gbbye and have a wonderful March. Is it any of yours birthday this month? I'll be celebrating my bittersweet sixteen this seventh:)