The shiny new piece of information today was that there are folks who read new books and review them on their blogs! What an incredible gift to us readers, and to new authors. One allowed that he was indeed a speed reader, and wouldn't you have to be given the number of authors vying for reviews?
So I recommend two such blogs: josephsreviews@gmail.com and bethsbookreviewblog@gmail.com in case you'd like just a taste of a few new novels, like appetizers before a big meal.
The trick of course is to get reviews before the book gets too old! Keep up the momentum. So I'm marching briskly down the cobblestone street before I've even received the paperback galleys (the REALLY FINAL edit), which are due at the end of January. And I'm pounding on my drum, bells jingle on my ankles and I'm wearing a bright red uniform with a tall hat. And I asked them both to review MR.
Suppose the reviewer isn't impressed? This small voice arises from somewhere below my ribcage. I need to toughen up. Not everyone will like MEDICINE ROCK. But it has value and an important message anyway. Stay tuned.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Onward Through the Fog
It isn't foggy today, it's brilliant sun with blue sky contrasting the new snow on the mountains. The fog is the cloud of ignorance I experience working with the new social networking tools, and trying to get my ideas and the template's ideas to merge! New email: medicinerock71@yahoo.com. New website: www.medicine-rock.com. Now to get them all connected.
Last night a friend of mine hauled out a 4-inch 3-ring notebook. "I've got to remember to give this back to you! Thank you for letting me read it!" I had to smile. So many corrections, additions, subtractions and adjustments had been made to that text in the last few months! I fantasize saving the notebook, and having a ritual burning of the double-spaced error-ridden manuscript she offered back to me, all 360 pages of it. Today might be a good day!
Clear the decks! Clean off my desk, really clean: sand it and polyurethane it! Dust my bookcase, change the stuff on the wall! It's a new life without an old manuscript!
Actually, tomorrow I'm going to the country for a couple of days. My smallest dog and I will hang out north of Missoula for long walks along the Flathead, and inspiration from the Rockies.
But today? Let's see, where did I put those matches?
Last night a friend of mine hauled out a 4-inch 3-ring notebook. "I've got to remember to give this back to you! Thank you for letting me read it!" I had to smile. So many corrections, additions, subtractions and adjustments had been made to that text in the last few months! I fantasize saving the notebook, and having a ritual burning of the double-spaced error-ridden manuscript she offered back to me, all 360 pages of it. Today might be a good day!
Clear the decks! Clean off my desk, really clean: sand it and polyurethane it! Dust my bookcase, change the stuff on the wall! It's a new life without an old manuscript!
Actually, tomorrow I'm going to the country for a couple of days. My smallest dog and I will hang out north of Missoula for long walks along the Flathead, and inspiration from the Rockies.
But today? Let's see, where did I put those matches?
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
WINTER SOLSTICE
What better beginning than Earth Renewal, and a new growing moon. The book is delivered, the contract signed and sealed. Editing is, quite thankfully, over. I am so pleased to offer my story to readers interested in those profound days of growth and change.
The book is in its Solstice phase: unseen, gestating, paper laboring under printing presses that roar and tremble sidewalks blocks away. Many hands serve the mission: pressmen, book consultants, marketing advisors. Before long we'll add bookstore owners, post office delivery people, the list only expands. IUniverse reports retailers such as Barnes and Noble, Amazon, and Books-a-Million will upload the book to their websites within a couple of weeks, and the process will be complete at other major chains withing 3 to 4 weeks.
All of this to share a poignant story, to touch other hearts grieving their beloveds, to remind a generation of us, now greying at the temples, of our wild and wonderful roots. And we still watch and wait. We still grieve. We still offer our warm hearts to the Earth and all her creatures.
Many of you have expressed excitement at this project, so this blog will be a way to share my learning curve, joy and sense of adventure. Thanks for visiting!
The book is in its Solstice phase: unseen, gestating, paper laboring under printing presses that roar and tremble sidewalks blocks away. Many hands serve the mission: pressmen, book consultants, marketing advisors. Before long we'll add bookstore owners, post office delivery people, the list only expands. IUniverse reports retailers such as Barnes and Noble, Amazon, and Books-a-Million will upload the book to their websites within a couple of weeks, and the process will be complete at other major chains withing 3 to 4 weeks.
All of this to share a poignant story, to touch other hearts grieving their beloveds, to remind a generation of us, now greying at the temples, of our wild and wonderful roots. And we still watch and wait. We still grieve. We still offer our warm hearts to the Earth and all her creatures.
Many of you have expressed excitement at this project, so this blog will be a way to share my learning curve, joy and sense of adventure. Thanks for visiting!
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