Tuesday 26 March 2013

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT

I really don't know what to write in this blog, so much has happened in the last week or so, I suppose I had better start at the beginning.

My book PUTTING RIGHT THE PAST was due to be published on April 1st yes April Fool's day, honestly it's not a joke and that's still the date when the paperback comes out. But on Sunday 17th March we had a family get together, while they were there I got them to set me up on Facebook, more about that later. We had a lovely day some nice food and lots of chit-chat.

After they'd left I had a quick check on Amazon to see if my book had moved up the charts with paperback pre-orders, to my complete surprise and amazement the ebook copy was up and available for people to download. I was hoping it would be there before Easter as Rachel from Troubador Publishers said she would try her best to have it available for the Easter weekend.

As you can imagine I was so excited (the understatement of the year) as this was two weeks before the arranged release date and yes I did download myself a copy and yes I did start reading it all over again, but this time was different, this time was special it looked like a proper book, not an email or printed on A4 paper with lots of corrections in red ink scribbled all over it.

So what was I to do, this had thrown my blogging schedule out completely but in a good way not a bad one? Monday 18th March arrived and I posted my blog called 'How I  Tried To Get Published' and then on Tuesday 19th the blog 'We Finally Got Here' was ready for posting. But was I ready to tell the Twitter and Facebook world that it was there on Amazon for everyone to read?  Then there was the small matter of six preview chapters to sample free, it was all very scary.

Well I did tell everyone and the reaction I got was unbelievable, by that I mean I was so shocked how nice people were. I have always known that the authors and readers I talk to on Twitter were nice and so supportive I was hoping they would wish me well, but for so many people to go out their way to send me such lovely messages, people who I had never even spoken to on line before. This started on Tuesday 19th and a week later it's still happening, not a day goes by without me getting lovely comments from all over the world and if you are one of the people I haven't thanked please accept my apologies, I have tried so hard to tweet and email back but I'm sure some have got lost in all the excitement.

Something else fabulous happened this week too, I was interviewed by my good  friend and author Amanda Egan this was for her Mummy Misfit website, you must check it out! The interview went live on her blog on Sunday 24th and again we both had some great feedback, Twitter and Facebook people are so kind. One of the amazing things that did happen after the interview unbelievably we were sent a tweet by the lovely Beverley Knight. All this came about because of one of the questions Amanda asked me.

The question was "Name a song that sums up your book" my reply was that it would have to be "No One Loves In Vain" by the wonderful Beverley Knight; the song is a big part of one of the chapters and without giving too much away the words sum up someones loss.

Well that's the weekend over with so what's in store for this week, another little bit of excitement regarding the book, the paperback version has been delivered to me from the printers, my writing actually in print a real book that I can hold unbelievable, I was over the moon as you can imagine, I still can't believe it's happening.

So that's the story of how and why PUTTING RIGHT THE PAST came about, I hope you have enjoyed reading the last five blogs as much as I've enjoyed writing them, thank you so much for all your support and lovely comments they have meant so much to me. The book is out now for the all world to see and my mission is accomplished.

Next time I blog I want to tell you all about my SUNDAY BEST BOOKS and I will start with one of my all time favourites.



                         HERE THEY ARE READERS THEY HAVE ESCAPED FROM THE BOX

14 comments:

  1. I wish you huge success for all your hard work, Ian. What an exciting day for you :) If people want to read your blog interview over at 'my place' the link is here http://mummymisfit.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/introducing-ian-wilfred.html It was great to have you - very well behaved, house-trained and always welcome back (as long as you bring wine and cheese!) xx

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    1. I seem to spend a lot of my time thanking you Amanda and yet again I am you are very kind. Remember you were there from the beginning of the publishing journey and we have finally got to the finish line xx

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  2. The excitement just doesn't stop! Enjoy every minute, Happy Easter, and looking forward to your next blog: ))

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    1. Thank you very much Amanda for the kind words, this is the last blog on the book I have really enjoyed telling it's story. The next blog there is an airoplane and some tears.xx

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  3. Congratulations! It's an immense feeling to get that paperback in your hands and know you've written it! Then you let it fly the nest and the hard work 'really' starts!

    Good luck with sales, hope it all goes well for you.
    CJ x

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    1. Thank you very much Kathryn it was very nice to see a box of the same book all with my name on them. Yes and now the hard work starts but hopefully it will be fun. x

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  4. Wishing you lots of luck with your book Ive just started it.

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  5. Thank you very much again Anne you are very kind, I do enjoy our daily contact via your twitter paper.X

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  6. Look at those lovely books!!! How exciting is that! The Grumpy Old Sods wish you the very best of luck!!!

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    1. Thank you again Carol (without an E)very exciting and i'm going to make the most of it, because it might never happen again. xx

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  7. Lovely to hear how great it's all gone for you - I met you on Twitter and it's always a pleasure to chat with you. Wishing you oodles of success.
    x

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    1. Thank you so much Sue, also a big thanks for letting me come and tell my story with you and the lovely ladies at Romaniacs HQ XX

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  8. Congratulations, Ian. The paperbacks look wonderful. Enjoy every minute - what a great achievement. :-)

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  9. Thank you again Elle i'm a little bit excited with them.xx

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