Time To Feed My Reads

For so long publication day seemed like a pipe dream. Even when I had a publisher interested I kept thinking something would go wrong. Reality hit me when my publisher first sent me some book covers to look at. Just seeing my name on the front cover was unreal. When I sent my final draft to my ARC readers to review it was all getting scarily real. At that point I was terrified about everyone’s reactions to it. What if everyone hated it and gave me one star reviews? What if there were typos I had missed? The feelings of not being good enough were huge and making me feel very anxious. For actual publication day I had this idea that I wanted to have a launch party, after all getting your first book published is a big deal and I love parties anyway. I didn’t want to spend lots of money though when I hadn’t earned any yet. I inquired of a few places locally but most were coming up too expensive. Then I emailed the hotel and restaurant where I meet with my writing group every other week. Thi...

Book Name:  To Love Honour and Betray Author : Ruth Tunnicliffe Release Date : 11 November 2021 (launch 1)  I was all consumed by the prospect of my book actually being published and launched to the world!  I could not sleep, when I did I was dreaming about it.  I was constantly thinking about what I was going to say, second guessing the questions I may be asked, rehearsing answers to imaginary questions I may be asked.  Panicking constantly about whether the Eventbrite link would work (it failed miserably on the day so nobody from the book industry could join the call - nightmare).  The day before the launch I had a wobble.  I started second guessing my book, whether it would be good enough, whether it would flop, and most of all whether people would not be interested in my story or giving me the chance to help and inspire other people. On the day of the launch I was nervous, excited and proud of myself.  When it came to the time, I bec...