It’s here! 2013. Where did the last year go? At last my countdown to March has made it to ‘weeks’. (No more, ‘next year’. My book is out THIS year.)
That’s right.
In about six weeks from now House for all Seasons will have been printed, packaged and posted off to bookshops** all over Australia and New Zealand. (**bookshop: (noun) – a place where books are sold.)
In eight weeks from now (the official release date of March 1) I will be sitting where I am right now – at my computer, hitting the F5 refresh button and waiting for… I don’t know what I will be waiting for actually. It’s all a bit weird still.
March 1 for me will also will be an early one. I intend celebrating the same way I celebrated the New Year today – at Sawtell Headland, watching the sun rise on a new phase in my life (my life as a ridgey didge published author. My ultimate, never-thought-it-would-ever-happen dream).
Which leads me to my New Years resolution – keep dreaming – and to my plan to inspire others, as part of the Writing Novels in Australia program. Each month during 2013 I will be a guest blogger, sharing my thoughts and experiences as an emerging author.
I’m especially keen to inspire those who think they’ve left it too late to dream. My advice:
Dare to dream.
It’s never too late.
Extraordinary things do happen to ordinary people.
I hope you’ll join me. http://writingnovelsinaustralia.com/
(** Of course I jest. We all know what bookshops are. But I fear we need to treat them like we treat all endangered species so they don’t disappear and become a thing of the past. Perhaps make your new year’s resolution to support yourlocal bookshop a little more than you do already (as well as embracing technology.) In other words… Share the lurve a little.
Yay, Jenn. Exciting stuff. Can’t wait to read it – your blogs are great, so that suggests the book will be greater. And I’m following Aussie authors – love the way you all support each other.
Hi Jenn. With you on this except my release is next Monday! I won’t have the pleasure of holding my first-born in my hands and breathing in the smell of new pages like you, mine being e-published, but I share your excitement. No, it’s never too late to realise the dream. Ours is coming true this year! All the very best in your run-up to March.
Ths Susanne, e-pub is the way of the world as we move forward. We all have to learn to embrace it. But I am dearly hanging on to my local bookshop for as long as I can. I am looking forward to being on your blog and ‘talking Italian!’
See you there next Sunday 6th. Cocktail or wine?
Can’t wait for your release date!