Hi there!
Frequent readers of this blog (of which there are zero) will note that there are no meaningful posts. As with most things I start, I started this blog and then promptly discovered I didn't know what to do with it and had nothing to say.
So, since no one sees it anyway, I figure it's as good a place as any to document the process of moving from acceptance to release of the new book (see below).
Seeing the title, it sort of sounds like dealing with a terminal disease, and surrendering to one's fate with grace. I guess it is a little like that...
Anyway, with this project, I'm making a concerted effort to be involved in marketing and promotion for the book, and I have no idea what I'm doing, so I'm going to track it here so I know what not to do next time.
Yesterday, after resuscitating this blog, I made a LinkTree and put some stuff on it. I've also been drafting a bookmark to promote the book, with the plan of taking them to LTUE in a couple weeks and slipping them into people bags while they're not looking. That draft is currently with Feliza, the publicity director at Lanternfish for her feedback and approval of the copy and whatnot.
I have to say, I really am excited to be working with the Lanternfish team again - The first time around was such a great experience that I feel profoundly fortunate to be returning. Before the first book, I had no idea what a collaborative process creating a finished book is. I dig me some collaboration! I've got revision notes from the editor (Christine, she of unlimited perspicacity) and am working through those with an aim to get them done by "mid February." And by working through them I mean I've read them all over twice and am now letting them stew in my semi-consciousness for a few days (which is how I do all my writing). (Yes, I know it LOOKS like procrastination, but it's STEW. Stew takes time. Ask your grandma.)
