Jo (my editor) has recently sent me the editing notes for Blue Freedom - and do I have a lot of work to do! It looks like I'll need to do major reworking to approx 3/4 of the novel, which will take hours. I felt a little down at first, but am now determined to get in and make it the best it can be. Nothing worthwhile is easy, right?

I could almost liken editing to being in labour. I've carried the child/book for all this time, and now I've gotta give birth. Not fun, but worth it!

So there may not be many blog posts for a while, as I'll be busy-as-a-bee rewriting. Wish me luck!

I'm discovering that effective marketing is the best way to sell books. Apparently, you can be the best author in the world (NB: I'm not saying I am!), but if nobody knows about your book, you're going to sell very few copies.
With this in mind, I'm going to start promoting myself and my book a little more, starting with my Facebook page. From there, it's Twitter, a new web-site (unrelated to writing, but will help with cross-promotion), radio and newspaper interviews ... the sky's the limit! I may even have to start referring to myself as a "media tart" :) .
Anyway, I hope to get the words "Sandra Peut" and "Blue Freedom" out there a lot more. I'll really only discover how successful I've been at marketing once December rolls around and the novel's published. Fingers crossed ... (oh yeah - and a lot of work to be done, too! :) )

Rose and Crown's editor, Jo, just sent through the book contract yesterday. My first contract - very exciting! Hopefully the first of many ... :)

I'm looking forward to sinking my teeth into all the different aspects of marketing, even if it all looks a little daunting. So much to do! Not to mention looking after the kids, house, hubby, and having some semblance of a normal life! Well, I guess they do say that "normal" is a very subjective thing ... ! :)