Al Hawkins's Blog, page 2

The Visit

Yes, it’s the LSF again posting while Al takes in the sights of the city, NYC. I finally met Al and he actually survived the encounter. Though I was looking forward to inflicting some manner of bodily pain on him, … Continue reading →

Imminent

Yes, it’s me again and not Al. He has asked if I would post this week seeing as he’s a couple of hours away from taking a flight that will bring him stateside. That’s right, Al is heading over to … Continue reading →

Things Best Left Alone

Hello you three, Okay, so it seems to be about time for another exciting post on this blog, and it just so happens that last night I found a fitting subject. A strange coincidence… Two things you may have learnt … Continue reading →

Smashed It!!!

I have to give credit where it is due, but I can state for the record, that Al has more patience than alot of people I know, myself very much included. After the first few hours of the aforementioned “Smashwords … Continue reading →

Smashwords RAGE!!! …or I should probably just RTFM

Hello you three, Okay, so as you may or may not be aware, I have spent the majority of this week trying to upload my book to Smashwords, and have been informed that this experience is worthy of sharing with you. … Continue reading →

BEHOLD THE WORDS OF MARTIN

  Shhh, be quiet and be very careful, I am about to show you a secret – a very rare and precious thing – a thing of such exquisite beauty that it brings tears to my eyes whenever I see it…. And … Continue reading →

Reason 2…

….Some have asked me why I have taken it upon myself to be this involved in something I didn’t create. There are a few reasons really, but here are 3…. Reason 2 I want to make Al famous cos I … Continue reading →

KDP Vs KDP Select…who knew

Al & Sarah are back and settling into their new lives and should be back blogging and writing soon. So here’s something I learnt last night, LATE last night, while working through my Fall Of Night’s Blood “to do” list. … Continue reading →

It was Published!

No news is good news! The article for The Fall of Night’s Blood got picked up for the company newsletter!

And Al had figured it out to a tee…uncanny. The newsletter was published while he was away from work preparing for the wedding. I had hoped that it would come out before he left, that would have been fun ;). Imagine that IM conversation :D

Anyway, not wanting to let him off scot free I sent him the newsletter, so he could have some light reading while away from work, LMAO. I also shared the great news with Al’s colleagues, past and present :) (who needs enemies with friends like me).

So here it is…in all it’s glory.

Not the layout I had suggested…but hey, it made it into the newsletter so I am happy.

The only thing that would have made this better…being able to witness, first hand, Al’s reaction coming face to face with it…hahaha!

Mission accomplished!

Did I do good? Let me know in the comments :)

~LSF

 

The Newsletter Update!

Al’s not back yet so here I am STILL blogging…sorry.

…but I have an update on the newsletter angle.

Because of some of the previous posts, I can now announce, the book might be featured in the company newsletter!!

How  did the change of heart come about?

Sarah read Al’s “Problogue” post and found out about the newsletter option and how Al was so set against letting me attempt to put an article  about the book in it. Needless to say, she fixed that…basically telling him  that he had to let me at least see if I could get an article in the newsletter…though I think she was a little more colorful in her delivery.

So Al tells me what Sarah said; after I wipe the tears from my eyes (from laughing so hard; like I said she was more colorful) I actually said I wasn’t going to do it. I knew he was agreeing under duress, kinda, and I still wanted him to have some say in the advertising strategies that I was trying to come up with. But, nope, he wouldn’t hear of it; he told me to go for it, kept on drumming it in to the point I said ok, ok, fine! It was the only way to shut him up about the subject.

His thinking was that even if I was able to get an article in the newsletter, it would be published around the time he was away on his honeymoon anyway. By the time he got back, people would have forgotten about the article…sigh.

Since I knew he wasn’t really keen I kept him completely in the dark as to how the newsletter angle was coming along, I wasn’t going to bring it up for fear he would change his mind. However, I did send him the blurb I was hoping to get published in the newsletter; I wanted him to proof it if nothing else. I shouldn’t have bothered. Instead of the usual “red pen” treatment all over my literary genius, he said it was great! Yeah, that wasn’t a good sign…at that point I decided to keep him as far away from this particular venture as possible.

So I sent off to the newsletter contact with said blurb on the book, with close to nothing about the author. I received a reply a few days later saying that this wasn’t a “story” that they would typically put in the newsletter but the editorial team would decide.

It’s been a couple of days now and the deadline for submissions has come and gone and I haven’t heard back. My hope is that they decided to publish it; if they decided not to they would have told me…right?

Somehow, the newsletter came up while talking to Al and I told him where things were. I mentioned who I had contacted about the article and where things stood. He wanted names! So he could stop the release…HAHAHAHAHAHA…funny! I think he was kidding, but I told him he was too late. But I made the mistake of telling him that the newsletter contact was on his side of the pond and he might actually know the person…he didn’t, though he wanted a last name! Why?

His bud, who knows everyone, might know the contact and he might be persuaded to see if he could get the article pulled if it was being considered. See, after telling me…no demanding that I go the newsletter route (only so that Sarah and I would shut up I’m sure) we were now back to this! I so called it.

Anyway, as mentioned, the deadline has come and gone, so now I patiently wait to see if the article will be picked for the newsletter. If it does and he becomes a “mini celebrity” at work, say a prayer for us; Sarah and I might need protection :)

Patiently waiting….LSF :)