So "Rocking The Storm" has been edited and reviewed then sent back to my editor! Now waiting to see if there are any further edits needed.
Also submitted the cover art request. Can't wait to see what the artist comes up with this time - not sure whether I'll get the same artist, but I kinda hope I do, because she NAILED the cover for Gabi's Secret right out of the gate! So far I'm still trying to get Gabi's Secret reviewed. I have it out with a few websites/blogs, and also with a couple of friends, but so far the only review is from the one lady I know who actually bought it! But she liked it, so I'm a happy bunny. Just need to try to get the word out there, which is the hard part. An author friend told me that keeping up with all the social media/publicity type stuff is a full time job, and she was right! Unfortunately I already have two full time jobs, so it's making for some sleepless nights trying to keep up with everything. Oh well. Sleep when I'm dead, right? If you HAVE read Gabi's Secret, please, please, please leave a review on Amazon or somewhere. Even if you want to email it to me through the contact page and I'll share it here on the website. Love it, hate it or "meh", any and all feedback will be gratefully received and taken on board :) After all, feedback and constructive criticism are the only way I'll improve! And again as always Love Sara x
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Just got the countersigned/official publishing contract for my second book, so I guess I can now tell you the title! The next book is called "Rocking The Storm", and will be released......
Well, it'll be released once the editing is done and the cover art is designed and all that stuff. Trust me, as soon as I have a release date, I'll be letting you know! Also, as soon as the cover is designed/finalized, that will be popping up on the "Books" page here! For now, "Gabi's Secret" is out with a few websites/blogs for review, and while I've already talked to one lady who has read it, I'm excited/nervous to hear what "professional reviewers" think of it! I guess it's a good sign, though, that the lady I talked to sat down to read "just a few pages".....then a couple of hours later realized she should quit reading and go cook dinner before she read the whole thing in one sitting! That's all I have right now. Well, that and my dog is telling me he needs to go out, so I'd better take care of that! As ever Love, Sara x So, on Monday "Gabi's Secret" went live for sale. OMG awesomeness!
Tuesday. Well, Tuesday.... What happened Tuesday? Tuesday I got an email from my lovely editor, letting me know that my second book (title secret for now LOL) is also to be published! So now I have to wait for my editor to send back her edits for me to approve/disagree or change in some way! Yup, I'm sure most of the people in the store I was in thought I was a bit soft in the head (I mean, I am, but that's another subject!) since I was wandering around grinning like an idiot. And I can now confirm that getting the "we want to publish" email for book #2 is just as exciting as for book #1. Actually, maybe even MORE exciting, because it means that book #1 wasn't just a fluke! So now I have to get to work on finishing the next-most-written one I have on the go (while waiting for edits to come back). And as always Love Sara "Gabi's Secret" is now available for purchase! Okay, it was available from yesterday, but the day got away from me with other stuff and I never got to website-updating-stuff. Links are on the Books page.
So I know one person has bought it (they told me so) so that's a good start. I'm also trying to have it reviewed by a couple of different websites, so we'll see if they get back to me on that. I hope that anyone who buys it will also either leave a review or get in touch with me direct to let me know what they thought of the story. As with any creative endeavor, my biggest friend is feedback, whether good OR bad, so please don't hesitate to let me know whether you love or hate it! For now though, I'm waiting to hear back from my wonderful editor about another submission I've made, plus I have another... Umm... 1,2, 3, 4 started (one pretty well along) plus two at the idea only stage. So hopefully Gabi's Secret will be enjoyed and folks will want to buy more! For now as always Love, Sara Finally joined Twitter! Link on homepage, or on Facebook, or I guess you can just read it here. I think I'm @sarahollandaut1 . Or search on my name. Or my email address. Or send a smoke signal.
Can you tell I'm not really all that good with all this social media stuff? But I'm trying (VERY trying, my husband would confirm!) Just a short n sweet blog post for now. "Gabi's Secret" will be released in 11 days!!! But for now As always Love, Sara |
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