As of November 15th, I have completed a rough (very rough) draft of the book! All this just after I celebrated my 1 year locaversary. My hair is thriving and I'm still very much in love!

Here's some details about the book:

• It's at a total of 39, 354 (my goal was 40K)
• It has nine chapters with an intro and conclusion
• The focus of the book is now on the loc journey and I'm considering a new subtitle at the least
• It includes a new infographic that I created to explain the love/hate relationship with locs and hair-locking

FUN FACT: This book project began in October 2022, before I loc'd my hair. 

The loc'd community has rapidly changed since then. More and more Black women are considering and trying locs, especially tiny locs. It's also been long enough that many of them are also reconsidering their choice. All the doubts have been coming up!

This is one problem the book is addressing. How do we go from doubt and insecurity to self-love and devotion? Stay tuned!

ANOTHER FUN FACT: Late October, I pitched my book to a know publisher who is interested in spiritual wisdom and transformational nonfiction (my book is considered "inspirational self-help"). 

Good news: They were interested in more info! 

Bad news: My gut is telling me it may not  be the right fit though. 

More good news: they expressed a willingness to refer my project if not!

Next step: self-editing. 

This is slated to take a good month to complete. With the holidays in between, we'll see how close to 30 days it goes. 

My goal is to hand it off to a professional editor by the end of the year!

Happy Holidays to you!

Rah