Tag: marketing and publicity

Fun Photo!

When I first revealed my cover design for Hurricane Baby back in January, a lady I knew vaguely from writers’ groups contacted me over Instagram and asked to be able to feature my book cover on her Instagram account, Books + Scarves. Apparently for quite some time. she’s been selecting books and matches their cover designs to scarves from her extensive vintage and modern collection. She’s got a good many followers across Instagram and Twitter (now X) and they’re a pretty dedicated following

So I said that sounded like a great idea. When my ARC’s came in, I set one aside for her and mailed it to the address she gave me and waited. I thought it might be close to my release dates before she did it, but she posted it yesterday! With pre-order links embedded in the story so people could go ahead and order the book! The shawl she used is named Faubourg Tropical, designed by Octave Marsal and Théo de Gueltz.

Isn’t it great?

Thanks so much to people who commented and shared this image over social media over the past couple of days and to Book + Scarves for selecting me to feature on your account!

COVER REVEAL COMING!

Hurricane Baby has a cover, ISBN number, and price. Keep watching this space, and you will see the cover after the New Year when the situation is totally finalized. YAY! Becoming more real by the day!

Kicking along with the new story as well. I’ve done a lot of thinking about what I want to write down, but eventually I need to start actually writing it down. Right now I’m keeping notes in my phone as they come to me.

I don’t know what this syndrome is where I can’t take myself seriously when I’m first starting out on a new project, but it needs a name. It’s not quite imposter syndrome–I know I’m fully capable of writing a good story. But I can’t look ahead to the future while I’m drafting, or I freeze up. I’ve spoken about this before–I have to keep my goals limited and my ego turned off. I’ve gone so far as to label a document Trash (before I knew about Dorothy Allison’s book) so I wouldn’t take what I was doing too seriously and just think about it as a throwaway project so my ego wouldn’t get involved. Anyone else out there ever feel this?

(I’m sure my ego will be kept in check when I actually start selling Hurricane Baby. I’m trying to keep my expectations reasonable there, as well.) 🙂

Anyway. I am going to take my time with this new project. I will have Hurricane Baby line edits coming my way soon, so that will a welcome development. Then it will go to print, and the book will be one more step closer to reality! Pre-order links will be available by March, so you will be able to order it then. Pre-orders are SO important–that helps the publisher know exactly how many books to print depending on what the demand is according to pre-orders. So you will hear me emphasizing that again once that time comes as well.

Thanks so much for all your support, and please wish me well as I begin to flesh out this new project as well. Thanks to all who read! Happy reading!