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As I close in on the edits for In Black and White, I realize that when I publish it, I'm putting myself out there. Those of you who know me in well, know that this is not my first adventure into self-publishing, but that is not here nor there. This is about Alexandra Webb, partner to Mia Bishop for the SPE. Here I'm a different name and a different identity. So I'm putting new stuff out there that no one has seen. A different side of me that not a lot of people get to see, but again, that's not the point. The point is with In Black and White being released this year, I'm scared shitless.
Yep. Scared. With books out there like 50 Shades, the BDSM genre has gotten a lot of attention as of late and I know, without a doubt, someone is going to compare me to that book. It may be a good thing or it may be a bad thing. Putting my stuff out there is hard and I'm scared of reactions, good or bad. You know what though, that's part of the game. That's part of being an author. You just have to roll with the punches, ignore the haters and the drama and keep going.
The feed back that I've been getting back from betas has been good. Constructive, helpful and hey none of them have come back saying they hate it, or that it's boring! I always see that as a good sign. We're only on round one of edits and there is some work that needs to be done, but so far no huge sections that have to be rewritten. I need to buckle down though if I want to make my deadlines.
I move the release month of In Black and White to September instead of August. I just didn't see it getting done with everyone else's schedules, and I hate to stress anyone out. Me included. I've got the cover art taken care of. Okay, well the wonderful Jamie Wilson's got the cover art taken care of. (Thank you A.L. Kessler for recommending her!) Really all I have to do is edit edit edit.
So on that note, I'm hoping to have the rest of this out by the end of May, have it back and feed back applied by the end of June, back out for a read through July and then in the hands of the final editor in August and then out to everyone in September! November will start a new leg of the SPE journey that I'm super excited about. Co-Writing in the world of self publishing! Yippee!
Yep. Scared. With books out there like 50 Shades, the BDSM genre has gotten a lot of attention as of late and I know, without a doubt, someone is going to compare me to that book. It may be a good thing or it may be a bad thing. Putting my stuff out there is hard and I'm scared of reactions, good or bad. You know what though, that's part of the game. That's part of being an author. You just have to roll with the punches, ignore the haters and the drama and keep going.
The feed back that I've been getting back from betas has been good. Constructive, helpful and hey none of them have come back saying they hate it, or that it's boring! I always see that as a good sign. We're only on round one of edits and there is some work that needs to be done, but so far no huge sections that have to be rewritten. I need to buckle down though if I want to make my deadlines.
I move the release month of In Black and White to September instead of August. I just didn't see it getting done with everyone else's schedules, and I hate to stress anyone out. Me included. I've got the cover art taken care of. Okay, well the wonderful Jamie Wilson's got the cover art taken care of. (Thank you A.L. Kessler for recommending her!) Really all I have to do is edit edit edit.
So on that note, I'm hoping to have the rest of this out by the end of May, have it back and feed back applied by the end of June, back out for a read through July and then in the hands of the final editor in August and then out to everyone in September! November will start a new leg of the SPE journey that I'm super excited about. Co-Writing in the world of self publishing! Yippee!
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