Fallen / Break Me

Fallen is the working title of my first young adult (YA) fiction book.  This is the first work that I'll have published, and I already know that the title is going to end up being changed.  "Fallen" fit as a title when I first started writing this story, but sometimes what the characters want to do is different from what you intended for them to do, and everything changes.  For now however, because I don't have a new title worked out yet, I'll continue to refer to it as Fallen.

Anyway, this story is my baby.  I've been working on it off and on since I was 17 years old.  Sometimes, I'll write a lot in one sitting, but then I also will go for long periods of time without adding to it.  I love my characters so much, even though sometimes they get on my last nerve.  It's important to say that I'm still working on it.  I don't think I'm anywhere near being finished just yet.  But I have a deal with a publisher.  If I can get this finished within a year, it'll get published.  I only have 11 months left.  My first real deadline.  It's kind of cool, actually.

While writing Fallen, I often had "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion on repeat.  I don't know why, but I really love that song.  It helps me write, for some reason.  Some things are just unexplainable, I guess.

Once Fallen is finally finished, and once it's published, it will be available for purchase from my grandma's store on Amazon.  I was thinking about signing the first 100 or maybe 200 copies sold, but I don't know.  Would people even want that?  Would people even buy my writing?  I worry so much about this story.  I mean, I love it because it's mine, but what if other people don't?  I don't normally let other people read what I write because I'm afraid they'll just be negative about it.  Having something published... that's such a big deal for me.  I'm so scared, but excited too.

UPDATE - July 31st:

The title has been changed from Fallen to Break Me.  For more information, please see this update.