it's here! debut year is finally here!
First new years resolution: try this goodreads blogging thing out!
Okay so I really can't believe that 2019, the year DESCENDANT OF THE CRANE will hit shelves and arrive on doorsteps and be TOUCHED by real hands (and not just my fingers against a keyboard) is finally, finally here.
My agent and I sold this book back in September of 2017 and announced the deal in October, so it's been a long time! But also not enough time? In the last few hours of 2019, I was scrambling to get an email out to my street team. I still need to get some swag printed. And email some bookstores. Annnndddd plan my launch. Oh fudge...I was supposed to do that in 2018.
2018 was a bit of a whirlwind year, in which I tried to do a bit of everything and figure out the ropes of how to market my book. This sometimes involved poring over HTML to get a popup working on my author website and also figuring out whether or not I could embed a facebook group invite into my emails. I treated this whole year as a learning experience for future books while also er, trying to write said future books. Which was hard. There were times where I felt like I was going through what I have now dubbed the "meatgrinder" because of stress and the weird physiological effects of it. Looking back, some parts of the year are a haze. And some parts of the experience still feel too raw that I can't comfortably talk about them, though I plan to eventually because I've found that the publishing road gets increasingly opaque the further on you get.
Despite the stress, however, and the feeling that I'm woefully behind and haven't done enough, it's also been a year of dreams--small and big--coming true. I was lucky enough to get a wonderful cover and even more lucky to be able to share it with all of you. And speaking of sharing--I literally got to share my book with those of you who have requested on review sites! The fact that so many of you have read or are reading it still blows my mind in the best of ways--and I mean it. I am honestly so grateful to everyone who takes the time to read and even more time to write a review, good or bad. All publicity is good publicity, and it's finally hitting me that maybe, soon, I can sit back and watch my book fly the nest, lifted by so many of you. So thank you again. I'm nervous--naturally--but also excited for all the possibilities that 2019 may bring.
Hugs,
Joan
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Okay so I really can't believe that 2019, the year DESCENDANT OF THE CRANE will hit shelves and arrive on doorsteps and be TOUCHED by real hands (and not just my fingers against a keyboard) is finally, finally here.
My agent and I sold this book back in September of 2017 and announced the deal in October, so it's been a long time! But also not enough time? In the last few hours of 2019, I was scrambling to get an email out to my street team. I still need to get some swag printed. And email some bookstores. Annnndddd plan my launch. Oh fudge...I was supposed to do that in 2018.
2018 was a bit of a whirlwind year, in which I tried to do a bit of everything and figure out the ropes of how to market my book. This sometimes involved poring over HTML to get a popup working on my author website and also figuring out whether or not I could embed a facebook group invite into my emails. I treated this whole year as a learning experience for future books while also er, trying to write said future books. Which was hard. There were times where I felt like I was going through what I have now dubbed the "meatgrinder" because of stress and the weird physiological effects of it. Looking back, some parts of the year are a haze. And some parts of the experience still feel too raw that I can't comfortably talk about them, though I plan to eventually because I've found that the publishing road gets increasingly opaque the further on you get.
Despite the stress, however, and the feeling that I'm woefully behind and haven't done enough, it's also been a year of dreams--small and big--coming true. I was lucky enough to get a wonderful cover and even more lucky to be able to share it with all of you. And speaking of sharing--I literally got to share my book with those of you who have requested on review sites! The fact that so many of you have read or are reading it still blows my mind in the best of ways--and I mean it. I am honestly so grateful to everyone who takes the time to read and even more time to write a review, good or bad. All publicity is good publicity, and it's finally hitting me that maybe, soon, I can sit back and watch my book fly the nest, lifted by so many of you. So thank you again. I'm nervous--naturally--but also excited for all the possibilities that 2019 may bring.
Hugs,
Joan
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