Wish I Was A Bookwyrm

So some fantastic news - I am getting my first book published! I'm super excited (and amazed it all happened so quickly, but I guess that's the nature of self publishing, even when you're paying for professionals to help you edit and all that) and I'll definitely tell you more about that soon, but right now I'm annoyed with myself. One woman told me usually it's the author that holds up the publishing process and I'm beginning to see what she meant. They want a back cover summary and that little 'about the author' blurb you find on the last page before we really dig into the book edits. I know, you'd think they'd be nothing to write after finishing a book that took a year to write, but I hate writing short! Really and truly can't stand it. My sister asked me to explain my book to her and when I was done she said, "So essentially it's-" and summed up the thing in a sentence and a half. Short just isn't in my natur