![]() ![]() But it’s like again, I had literally nothing to lose.”īut the next morning, she checked TikTok, and it had over a million views and thousands of comments asking how to purchase the book and how to read it. “And so it’s like, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m proving everyone right, no one wants this concept,’” she feared as she went to bed. Courtesy Jennifer TrahanĪnd at first, it flopped. Alex Aster, 27, is the author of "Lightlark" and two other middle-grade books. ![]() “Like, OK, publishing is saying this isn’t going to sell well, but like, I really believe in myself.”Īster told TODAY that while she has pursued writing for over a decade, and previously published two middle grade books called the “Emblem Island” series, she went out on a whim and posted a TikTok in March 2021 asking if anyone would be interested in reading the plot of what would become her young adult novel, “Lightlark,” publishing Aug. “I felt very powerless and hopeless,” Aster told TODAY of the chances of her book getting published. ![]()
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