Milestones and parties...
Birthday Milestones...
A big weekend was had by my family over the past weekend... I held a birthday party for my wife (who turns 40 on July 4) and it was a great excuse to catch up with family and close friends. A great time was had by all! Whilst the main focus of the night was for my wife Deb, the party included a total of 4 birthday cakes - my daughter turns 16 (also July 4), my father turns 80 (today - July 3) and my mother-in-law turned 63 on June 30....
Cake Specifics: 1x Mars Bar Cake, 1x Black Forest Cake, 1x Tiramisu Cake, 1x Chocolate Sponge/Mousse Cake... yummo!
What do birthdays have to do with my book?
Quite simply, the party also provided a chance for me to finally give copies of my book to my parents and extended family, and show it off to a few people (at Deb's instigation!!!) without turning the party into a book launch!
I suppose the only downsides for me at the moment have been:
(1) requests to provide *Autographed copies* of my book to people who have purchased it. Whilst I suppose that I do understand the reason, I still find it quite hard to think why people would want me to do this (just my personality, I suppose), and then when I actually try to put pen to paper, it's a matter of "what greeting should I use that doesn't sound cliche or plain?" Anyway, I need to start thinking of this as a positive!
(2) feeling like I'm asking my publisher questions that they have probably already given me the answer to! (Sorry, Neil!!) Equilibrium Books have been fantastic in all facets of the Book development process, so I hope they're not getting too annoyed with my repetitive questions... especially since I want them to consider my second book once the manuscript is finished!
Speaking of which, in other news...
I'm well underway with the second book - well I've written a first draft outline of the first two chapters... about 3,000 words so far, and many more to go!
cheers,
Andrew
A big weekend was had by my family over the past weekend... I held a birthday party for my wife (who turns 40 on July 4) and it was a great excuse to catch up with family and close friends. A great time was had by all! Whilst the main focus of the night was for my wife Deb, the party included a total of 4 birthday cakes - my daughter turns 16 (also July 4), my father turns 80 (today - July 3) and my mother-in-law turned 63 on June 30....
Cake Specifics: 1x Mars Bar Cake, 1x Black Forest Cake, 1x Tiramisu Cake, 1x Chocolate Sponge/Mousse Cake... yummo!
What do birthdays have to do with my book?
Quite simply, the party also provided a chance for me to finally give copies of my book to my parents and extended family, and show it off to a few people (at Deb's instigation!!!) without turning the party into a book launch!
I suppose the only downsides for me at the moment have been:
(1) requests to provide *Autographed copies* of my book to people who have purchased it. Whilst I suppose that I do understand the reason, I still find it quite hard to think why people would want me to do this (just my personality, I suppose), and then when I actually try to put pen to paper, it's a matter of "what greeting should I use that doesn't sound cliche or plain?" Anyway, I need to start thinking of this as a positive!
(2) feeling like I'm asking my publisher questions that they have probably already given me the answer to! (Sorry, Neil!!) Equilibrium Books have been fantastic in all facets of the Book development process, so I hope they're not getting too annoyed with my repetitive questions... especially since I want them to consider my second book once the manuscript is finished!
Speaking of which, in other news...
I'm well underway with the second book - well I've written a first draft outline of the first two chapters... about 3,000 words so far, and many more to go!
cheers,
Andrew
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