This week has been frustrating to say the least. It all started last Thursday (eight days ago) when I sent a nice, but "fed up" email to the printers. I asked them to call me so we could finalize things ... which I am happy to report finally happened eight days later.
I'm told that the book has been sent to "print" and that it should be shipped to me next week!
Fingers crossed ... (my finger crossing is now causing arthritis in my knuckles)
The good news in all this is that my website has been started http://www.rosemarie-damico.com/ - check it out. It's still very rough but will quickly take shape under the great artistic vision of Jordan D'Amico, the cover artist of my book and the master of my website!
So, next week will be HUGE in my life as an author. I need to have the printed copies in my hands before I push the button to publish it electronically on SMASHWORDS http://www.smashwords.com/. Smashwords will have a link to my website and a link to this blog.
Next on my list of "things to do" is get a list of all bookstores in the Ottawa area, and find out how to sell my book on Amazon. Darryl, my partner in all things, has agreed to help me flog the book at local bookstores where I understand they might take a few books to put on their "local authors" shelf. He's also looking into Amazon for me!
So, stay tuned for updates on this journey of mine to self-publish. I'm taking a lot of deep breaths and finding great stores of patience deep inside me.
Until next time.....
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