Letting go

Can you try too hard? Yesterday, I could feel myself getting wound up. Who should I contact? Where will be best to reach out to? This is all book related. It’s all book related at the moment! Only one reviewer has reviewed Jiddy Vardy on Goodreads. It’s a great review, but what if it’s the only one?

What if no-one else reviews it, not one journal, magazine, paper thinks it’s worth talking about? What if?What if? Don’t be stupid, Ruth, people have reviewed it and you should be grateful. I am, I am! But I want more!

This was time to tell myself to let go. Let go. It’s all going to plan. Don’t panic. Long exhale. I’m struggling with that factor. Letting go, I mean. I’ll just have one more look to see if it’s been read by anyone else on Goodreads, or put on the list. A few words said about Jiddy Vardy.

I write a review on Goodreads. Breathe. Go do something else. It’s not as if you’ve nothing else to do.

But I’ve been told this is the CRUCIAL time. The months and weeks before a book is launched are the most important. It’s too late afterwards, an uphill struggle. Impossible. Who is going to read it if they don’t know about it?

So, my brain is busy. My eyes are alert. My little heart is knocking my rib cage to tell me to slow down.

It’s not helping. I have to step back and leave it to the marketing people and give reviewers time to read Jiddy Vardy and to think and then write their words. People need time to respond. People are doing things for me. Be grateful. Stop nudging and jolting.

Breathe. If things are going to happen, they will happen. Wheels are in motion and I must trust. Give it space.

Breathe.

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