Monthly Archives: May 2017

Now the real work starts

The book launch was a great success. Nina Munteanu gave a brief talk about the Hero’s Journey. For me, that is the most seminal concept for my writing. When she first introduced me to it, I realised that one of the reasons it resonates with me is that we are ALL living the hero’s journey.

I then read a passage from the book. That was a challenge. Sarah F W had chosen which passage so, being dutiful, that is the one I read. Except that I had forgotten all about having to do the reading. As a result, I hadn’t practiced.  I did get more confident as I read. Sarah streamed it live on Facebook and a couple who came late were listening to it as the arrived. Technology is a wonderful thing.

Now that the book is officially launched, the hard part starts. Marketing is not an easy thing and it takes time, lots of time. But no matter how good your book is, without it no one will know and all that writing, editing, and launching does you no good without it. So now I am on to the next part of the journey to being a writer – letting the world know that Beast Master is out there and should be read!

3 Days till Launch

The launch date is just around the corner. I am scrambling now to put everything in place in time for it. I have updated my postcards with a QR code which will take the reader to a preview of Beast Master. I have uploaded the book to both Kobo and Amazon. Kobo was easy. Amazon not so much. I still don’t have an image there. I’ve sent them an email, but it takes 24 hours for them to get back to you so it might not be displayed by the 13th.  I need to update my marketing material and figure out how to add the book to various review sites like GoodReads.

So much to do, so little time.