Wow! The Skipper Goes to War is finally seeing the light of day!
The Beta Readers are doing their stuff, I am formatting for Amazon, looking at my author page, and getting some bugs out of the book format itself.
As if that's not enough, I'm starting in on marketing! Now marketing was anathema to me, I'm here to create, right? But listening to Joanna Penn's podcast (here) and Dave Chesson's products and podcast, I came to realise that marketing is not about 'give me your money' - it's about sharing my output with those who may, or already do, like it. That makes it feel a whole lot more palatable, at least to me! All that said, if I possible can, I shall be contracting that work out to a virtual assistant from the SVA - it is sooo time consuming!
Taking workload aside however, this is a great time. All the blood, sweat and word-processing will be worth it if I get just one reader, though I sort of hope for a few more!
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Until we (virtually) meet again, keep on reading and have a great time as we near the holiday period!
Mark
