Hey, !

If you’re new here, please take heed. This is not one of my normal quirky, fun updates (those will resume next month, promise).

This time, it’s just a quick check-in on the day my new book, Flight 444, was supposed to launch.

Newsflash: It’s not launching today.

But there’s very good reason for the delay.

It all started a couple of weeks ago when I awoke in the middle of the night with a completely numb leg. You know the feeling. It’s usually more of an annoyance than a worry. You just have to wait patiently for the blood to start flowing again and the pins and needles to take over before everything returns to normal.

That night, to get that blood flowing, I got up and walked around for about twenty minutes, but the feeling never fully returned. It was unsettling, but I’ve suffered from tingly extremities many times over the years, so I decided to get back into bed and try to sleep it off. That’s when all my limbs started tingling. But what did I do about it? I promptly fell back asleep, which is a miracle considering the level of anxiety I’d reached by then.

When the tingling still hadn't gone away by morning, I called 811 to speak with a registered nurse, mainly for reassurance. I’d been expecting her to say something like, “It doesn’t sound serious, but you should book an appointment with your doctor.”

But instead, she said, "Hang up and call 911 immediately."

Well, if that doesn’t send a person spiralling into blind panic, I can’t imagine what would. When the ambulance came, everything checked out, but they recommended I go to the hospital for more thorough testing, and away we went.

Ten hours later, I emerged from the ER department with a working diagnosis of “suspected TIA.”

If you aren’t aware, TIA stands for transient ischemic attack, which is the medical term for a ministroke. I won’t go into details about it here, but suffice it to say, after reading countless articles about TIA, I fell into deep anxiety about my health—and naturally, I was in no mood to focus on my writing.

If you’re interested in learning what happened after my TIA diagnosis, you can read the full story in my latest blog post, When "Good Stress" Kicks Your Butt.

If, however, you’re just here for the fun and the books, I got ya covered.

All you need to know is that I’ve had to postpone the launch of my new book by a couple of weeks. As explained above, the delay was out of my tingly little hands.

But don’t despair! 

Flight 444 is at the gate and ready to go after one last mechanical inspection (aka the final read-through) and will be lifting off on JULY 7.

Don’t worry about missing it, though—I’ll email a boarding announcement the moment it goes live. The perks of being on my VIP list!

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