The Book
Mile markers exist in the book publishing business. Marketing manuals contain these lists so authors won’t miss them. You’ll also see them in the wild. I’ve sold my book! My cover reveal! The books have arrived–watch me open the box! There’s a reason for these milestones. They make chronological and narrative sense. I enjoy when others share their moments. The problem is, I don’t feel the emotion they require to be authentic. So when the box of my books arrived and my son set it on the table, I looked at it. Should I film my scissoring open the flaps? Go with the flow? Or, at my own peril, ignore what the professionals have told me I should do?
Not long after, I returned to the room. The flaps were open. A house full of people, and someone opened the box. I got so tickled. The gracious Universe had decided it for me. Taken the burden and made it its own. But what was I to do to let folks know about the books actually existed?
A couple of days later, my husband and I went to the Orange Couch coffee house. The Orange Couch is hosting the book launch on April 2. The coffee house is in the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans where the story is set. It’s a lovely place. It does, in fact, have an orange couch. I sat on that couch, and my husband took the first photo of my actual physical book. Orange is my favorite color, y’all. I’m a redhead, and redheads aren’t supposed to wear orange. But I think it suits. The photo is great, and I’m the type who usually winces at pictures of myself. I’m gonna use it right before the launch to beg people to come. 🙂
In the meantime, here’s the book in all its physical reality sitting sassy on an orange couch.
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Jerrie Stewart
So happy for you!
Ellen Morris Prewitt
Thank you, Jerrie. I much appreciate it.
Joe Hawes
what a glorious moment! Good on ya as the Aussies say
Ellen Morris Prewitt
Thank you, Joe. You’ve been there for so much of this journey!