The Haphazard Gardener is back with FeedARead proofed and waiting to be printed. I have made some changes and hopefully found all the mistakes; but I seem to find typos in a lot of things I read. With so many hours spent by different people checking and yet still missing the most obvious mistakes I am convinced that you read words as you want to read them.
FeedARead contacted me today to say I could order my author copy to check before launching! This time it worked – I could go to my account and order one – although the postage seemed a bit steep BUT I couldn’t have it posted to my address. They don’t deliver to Italy
I’ve sent an email with HELP written in large text and have received a reply today – if I send them my address they will send one out to me – so I am another step nearer to having the book out in the big wide world!
I have been working on my new website to be published when the book is launched. I was given the domain name by my daughter and son-in-law ‘because we are so proud of you’. I won’t tell you what I felt for a couple of days whilst trying to set the website up – but now it is well on its way and looking good.
I need to add gadgets, create a QR and add lots more text. I’ve used the phrase ‘learning curve’ often but for me it is a very steep hill I am climbing.
I agree that we often read words as we want to - especially when it's us who wrote them!
ReplyDeletePenelope, I've given you an award over on my blog. I'd like you to tell me more about your book. (Where questions aren't appropriate, please feel free to make up your own, or perhaps give a little taster of the book)
ReplyDeleteThanks Patsy - I'm working on my replies and alternative questions - I fear I've still a couple of weeks to go before the next Author preview copy is in my hands! I'll let you know when but it would be nice to put on my blog and f/b page ITS AVAILABLE TO THE WORLD!
DeleteYippee, so glad you've nominated Penelope Patsy, this book looks amazing. Can't wait to hear more about it.
ReplyDeleteThanks Suzy - I'm working Patsy's questions many of which are not directed at my genre - my book is a brief biography of my parents and an autobiography about my time in our lovely Sussex garden - but she invites me to be free with my answers. Misunderstandings with FeedARead have lead to a long delay in my getting my hands on my Author review copy! I'm nervous about sending it out without one final read. I'll keep you posted.
DeleteJust bumped into your blog, and wondered - will you continue blogging once your book is published? It seems your blog has mainly been about writing, but garden blogs are very popular x.
ReplyDeleteHi Lesley - I am building a website about the book - so I guess I'll have a redirect button from here to that once the book is available to the general public. It was my intention to build pages on this blog with different articles - about different aspects of gardening from the book i.e. shade gardening etc. Even receipes etc. So I may do that and add a link. I'm mulling it over. In the meantime would you follow me on this blog and my other two. Murmurings from Italy and from Sussex to Lake Como blog.
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