The Writer and the Bride – the Day Before the Big Day
The Writer and the Bride – the Day Before the Big Day
When my first book was published last year, I had a wonderful book manager who, like a maid-of-honor has your back through all things wedding-related, had arranged for everything book-related. There were numerous pre-publication online book reviews and more to follow post release. Others have received eARCs of the book, and would write book reviews on Amazon. The heavy lifting would begin after the book came out.
Tomorrow, my second book will be released. No longer a virgin novelist, and helped by yet another killer book manager, I am far more prepared but still have things that I must do. Top among them is updating my webpage!!! My book manager has set up some great promotions, guest blogs and interviews. My tweets are lined up for release over the next two weeks. My blog is active. I’m kind of relieved that, unlike the bride, I don’t have to run around reviewing menus, music, and squeezing into a size six wedding gown.
The day before your book comes out is a lot like the day before your wedding. Although you’re brimming with excitement and anticipation, your to do list for the day is probably longer than it’s ever been.
Although the tasks are very different for the writer and the bride, her state of mind is comparable. Since this is not a marriage blog (and there are plenty if that’s what you need) the preparation, anticipation, and endless list of things to do, make the writer (at least, this writer) feel on the eve of publication a lot like the bride the day before she says I do.
The writer and the bride are both putting it all out there. The writer is showing the public the work she labored over for months or years. There will be opinions, and not all will be 5-star ratings because no book is for everybody. The bride is declaring before her friends and relatives that this is the man she is marrying, no matter what their thoughts about her choice.
Thanks to the great Booktrope team of Sarka-Jonae Miller, Jennifer Gilbert, Patricia Eddy, Maggie Wright, and Shari Ryan who, like a group of bridesmaids help make a beautiful wedding, gave their all to make The Passion Thief available tomorrow!
When my first book was published last year, I had a wonderful book manager who, like a maid-of-honor has your back through all things wedding-related, had arranged for everything book-related. There were numerous pre-publication online book reviews and more to follow post release. Others have received eARCs of the book, and would write book reviews on Amazon. The heavy lifting would begin after the book came out.
Tomorrow, my second book will be released. No longer a virgin novelist, and helped by yet another killer book manager, I am far more prepared but still have things that I must do. Top among them is updating my webpage!!! My book manager has set up some great promotions, guest blogs and interviews. My tweets are lined up for release over the next two weeks. My blog is active. I’m kind of relieved that, unlike the bride, I don’t have to run around reviewing menus, music, and squeezing into a size six wedding gown.
The day before your book comes out is a lot like the day before your wedding. Although you’re brimming with excitement and anticipation, your to do list for the day is probably longer than it’s ever been.
Although the tasks are very different for the writer and the bride, her state of mind is comparable. Since this is not a marriage blog (and there are plenty if that’s what you need) the preparation, anticipation, and endless list of things to do, make the writer (at least, this writer) feel on the eve of publication a lot like the bride the day before she says I do.
The writer and the bride are both putting it all out there. The writer is showing the public the work she labored over for months or years. There will be opinions, and not all will be 5-star ratings because no book is for everybody. The bride is declaring before her friends and relatives that this is the man she is marrying, no matter what their thoughts about her choice.
Thanks to the great Booktrope team of Sarka-Jonae Miller, Jennifer Gilbert, Patricia Eddy, Maggie Wright, and Shari Ryan who, like a group of bridesmaids help make a beautiful wedding, gave their all to make The Passion Thief available tomorrow!
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