Only I could release a book and then go on holiday with no
internet connection! (Well, very
limited) so any idea of promotions has had to wait until I return! But I am
back now, so we are a go!
Sadie is on Amazon (site) and Authorhouse, and has been
released on kindle. All royalties for the time being are going to two of my
adopted charities so I would urge any of you to take a look, especially at the
Kindle version as it IS much less than the paperback.
http://www.authorhouse.co.uk/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-000953538
I am reassured that some have read the book in a day or two,
having been unable to put it down, and this gives me some comfort. For I am not
Oscar Wilde, whose rhetoric I envy enormously. I could not ever write like
that. I tried to read Jules Verne’s “Journey to the Centre of the World” once
but the amount of huge words and scientific language eventually got the better
of me and I gave up half way through. I am not proud of this. I once read a
graphic pirate novel by Wilbur smith that had had me wincing and peeking though
my hands at the gory bits, but I was determined to finish as I do not often
give up on a book. I am not a Jane Austen fan and don’t read her for pleasure
but studied several novels as part of my degree. But I can certainly stand in
awe of her talent as a writer. I am not any of these people. I am just little
old me, and I write how I write. Good or bad, that’s it.
I have been told that my writing is very conversational, and
certainly it is on here. I suppose we all find our own style. I know that Sadie
isn’t for everyone, but I like to think that it is a “nice” book – a word I use
cautiously. It has the elements I look for in a book, a heroine, a villain, a
supernatural element, obstacles to overcome, tension, action and a revelation.
Suddenly, now it’s out there, I feel a bit like one of those dreams you have where
you have gone to school naked or without your underwear and everyone is looking
and judging and I feel quite self-conscious. I hope that this will pass very
quickly!
So if anyone is expecting Oscar, Jules or Jane to jump out
at them from the pages of my book, then you will be disappointed. But if you
enjoy a light fantasy, a story of family, friendship, love and hope, a story
with some excitement and action and a bit of a reveal at the end and with two
more sequels to follow, then you might just enjoy taking a look at Sadie’s
House; The Key.
(love this quote!)
Meanwhile I need to get cracking now with the meet and
greet, the key rings and bookmarks, the approach to the book stores, the press
release and the advertising! And back to school next week! It’s going to be a
busy month……..!!
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