If you’re subscribed to the newsletter, you already know about the new Launch Date. While it was a really tough decision to make, I truly feel like it was the right thing to do. I have so many ideas and plans for marketing the book prior to it’s release, and due to one issue after another (I’ll share the best one in a bit), there would have been no time for any of it prior to January 31st. I mean, that’s in exactly a week from today, and I don’t even have the author copies yet! These are crucial to creating buzz in my local community, as I plan to distribute them to places like pediatric doctors and dental offices, local independent toy, book, and gift stores - not just in my town, but during my travels this month, as well.
As they should arrive no later than February 5th, I’m going to have a BUSY month. I have to put together all of the packets, which will include a book, a brief synopsis of the book and why it will be a valuable addition to any library, and some custom stickers I had made. I’m also thinking of making some bookmarks, or some other type of fun little giveaway…any suggestions? I also desperately need to finish my kid’s sweater that I’ve been knitting for forever…first promised for their birthday, then Christmas, now…well, “soon”, hopefully. (Sorry, Dex) And all of the other time needs to be spent traveling to other cities in the southern part of my state to do the same distributing..it will be a lot, but it will be fun, and hopefully worth it!
Anyway, that’s what’s happening. OH, I promised to share the last “issue” on what I thought would be my FINAL proof before publishing. So, I receive the proof in the mail, open it immediately, start flipping through the pages. Notice an oddity…then another…then another…what in the world?? In this version, I had fixed a punctuation error on three pages and moved Literate Ladybug from one spot to a different one on another, and apparently while doing that I accidentally swiped my brush on different parts of the pages, WITHOUT NOTICING. So, what should have been my final edition came with a whole new set of problems that needed fixing. That was the final nail in the January 31st release date coffin.
