Friday August 15.
Knight's Fork is due to be released on September 30th.
A six-week countdown is long enough for any blog, but I have to say that I think I was snookered before I began.
I'm still sending ARCs to booksellers and reviewers.
In the case of booksellers, I should have been sending advance galleys out six months ago. That would have been February. I don't believe I finished writing this book until May.
I am running a contest. That is the good news.
Maybe the prospect of winning a $25 book token isn't as compelling as I think it should be, but the contest rolls over every month.
I ought to visit my local bookstores and set up a signing... I ought to have done that 3 months before my release date! However, I have to have a press kit ready to take with me.
It's a Catch 22.
Tomorrow, I'll be back with more of what I should do, and what I've actually done.
Rowena
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2 comments:
Sounds fun and hectic, Rowena. I hope you get everything done in time but the excitement is worth the stress.
Thank you, Susan. I'm hopelessly behind. I ought to have been sending excerpts to booksellers seven months before my launch date.
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