Years ago (I won’t say how many), Bill Cosby did a hilarious routine where he imagined himself as Noah being commanded by God to prepare for The Flood. God says, “Noah.” Noah says, “Yea?” God says, “Build an ark.” Noah says, “Rrriigght…..what’s an ark?” Well, today I found out, although mine is spelled differently. The ARC (Advanced Reader’s Copy) of my novel arrived today and I’m completely over the moon. To think that just a few months ago I thought an ark was a big wooden ship! This is a lot better. Of course, this means that there will be readers out there reading these advanced copies, but I think I’ll choose not to dwell on that. Just like Noah ignoring The Flood, I best ignore the possibility of lukewarm (obviously, not bad) reviews and just focus on the ar(k)(c) as being the great big vehicle towards my future.
Now, just don’t ask me what a “cubit” is…..
PS Did I mention how lovely they are? I got fabulous little postcards too!!
Oh Sue, that’s incredibly exciting. Congratulations.
JJx
YIPPEE!!!
You’re so lucky, Sue, I never got cute little postcards to go with the ARC.
Happy ‘holding your book’, gal.
How exciting is that? Bluechrome do produce beautiful books, so I can almost imagine it.
Cx
ps Thanks for the link!
Oh, that sounds brilliant!
It must be so exciting to see the finished product!!
Well Done
C x
Thanks everyone for your good wishes. It’s great that i can share this all with you! xo
Sounds good – I take it that your pr has really begun 🙂
Good luck.
What’s the publication date?
x
Yes, the pr has really started in earnest. Very exciting, though there is the huge maternal part of me that believes that if anything is actually going to happen I have to do it myself. So I’m forever sending ideas and contacts to the team — I must be driving them crazy. The launch date is 15 May, but I think we’re going to be doing some sort of pre-launch sales a la Deborah Rey. Believe me, info on everything that is and going to happen will be unavoidable!
this is really exciting! and what good PR to send pretty postcards as well, that you can post on to people who will tell their friends… etc etc. Fasten your seatbelts, folks…..
Apologies for using a comment box for this but I can’t find an email address for you. Just want to say that you’ve very kindly linked to my blog but I’ve recently changed the address. Old one: need2bpublished.blogspot.com NEW ONE: http://www.helpineedapublisher.blogspot.com
Sorry to be a nuisance!
Nicola: No problem at all. i made the change. Thanks for pointing it out.