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- moderntimes
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How would you celebrate your novel being published?
For me, as soon as the new novel hit Amazon, I celebrated by going to the hospital ER for an abdominal problem. True story. Luckily they only kept me overnight for observation and no surgery, whew!
Soon as I receive copies of the book (it's published in both Kindle and trade paperback) I'll be having a release party at my fave British pub up the street, and inviting all my friends to share in the fun. Of course they'll all be required to buy a copy. (just kidding) Probably next Saturday afternoon.
Then, since it's a mystery (modern American private eye novel), I'll order a flak jacket with "WRITER" on it and head down to the Houston police homicide HQ to volunteer my help in examining crime scene evidence, interviewing murder suspects, and intervening otherwise in police procedures, just like "Castle" does. (how long do you think I'd stay out of jail if I really did that, or maybe the psych ward? ha ha)
So what did you do when your novel was published to celebrate, or what would you like to do assuming this were to happen to you in the future?
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- moderntimes
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No cocoa, just bottle water, but yeah, I read the entire book and frankly, was pretty happy! Publisher did a terrific job on the formatting, layout, cover art (only visible on my laptop since the cover's got vivid color and my ancient Kindle is B&W, ha ha)
But next? Maybe a party with some good friends and relatives, hopefully some of whom didn't laugh that you were actually in process of writing a novel? another ha ha
Right now, since my book is just in trade paperback release, my publisher has sent me a few complimentary copies, and I ordered a bunch more at my author's discount, and they're on the way. So I'm due to get a nice FedEx box all happy and shiny and filled with new fresh copies of my 3rd novel, yay!
There are a few close friends who get a personal gift copy, including 3 very well known mystery writers who've been helpful to me, giving advice and such, and so they'll get a signed copy in the mail soon as I can.
Then it's party time! I'm a regular patron to this excellent, friendly British pub just up the street, and I'll be throwing a release party there. And at the same time, the local mystery bookstore will be stocking copies of my book for sale.
After that? I dunno. Lurk in the bookstore and stand there, humming, and when a customer comes nearby, I'll grab them and point out my book, saying loudly, "I WROTE THAT!" Yeah, right.
And the bookstore will also host a signing for me sometime in the next month or so. Keen, huh?
So after the quiet personal read of your book, what next?
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- moderntimes
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But yeah, I took advantage of a friendship with a fairly famed mystery writer, asked if he'd provide me a fair and honest evaluation, maybe a cover blub. He agreed and provided me a very nice preview review which is now on the back cover of the book.
Major authors of course have publishers who send their books out to lots of reviewers. I myself review mystery novels for a website and so I'm always getting advance copies of novels to write a review for.
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So, did you eat the pizza and ice cream all yourself? ha ha
Any release celebration party among friends coming next?\\
For me, this involves a couple of top ranked IPA beers as part of the celebration at my local Brit pub.
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Happy Reading!
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- moderntimes
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My release party at the British pub will not be a fancy affair. I'll just email friends and invite them to come and help celebrate, probably fewer than 2 dozen folks. But we'll just drink couple of IPAs and share a plate of nachos and laugh.
I'll take a couple copies of my new novel to show off, and give out my business card to those interested, because my card covers my website and that site has all the info for ordering my books from Amazon.
No way will I be selling copies to folks, however. That I just won't do. Naturally I'll be giving away copies to close friends and relatives, however.
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I opened the box like a kid at Christmas! And there, under the packing, was a nice stack of shiny new "trade paperback" copies of my book!
Talk about a rush, looking at the cover art, holding the book, opening it to read the title, dedication, first chapter, and at the end, the author bio and my own ugly mug smiling out at me. ha ha
Just opening that box of a dozen books was a real celebration!
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