One Month To Release Day

How do authors feel one month before Release Day a.k.a R-Day? (Please do share your thoughts in the Facebook thread!)

One author friend admitted in a blog to being sick with anxiety leading up to the release of her first book and that she was even more surprised to feel similarly when it came to her second release. Now, she expects it each time.

But many of my peers don’t talk about it. Perhaps they are too busy to sit and ponder on it. Or is it because so much of us has gone into our books, that it is inevitable to have many things swirling in our minds in the approach to the release?

I wonder this because now that 21 April 2017 is only a month away, part of me feels like this is happening to someone else. Someone else’s dream is coming true. Their book cover looks gorgeous. Their second novel is about to fly into the wilds for people to read, scrutinise, enjoy, love, hate, review and rate.

Then there is the part of me that gets sooooo excited when I think about Dead Again. It can join Tell Me Why on the bookshelf, making it two books with my name on the spine. Woo-hoo, that’s childhood-dream-come-true stuff!

And yep, even after I pinch myself, there are still brilliant cover quotes from B. Michael Radburn and Jaye Ford – two authors I hugely admire and love to read – on my book. How awesome!

And when I hold it? Well, a fan, friend and fellow author commented on this photo …

“what you are doing in this photo — is about as cool as it gets. I’ve got goose bumps!”

It’s definitely goose bumps-inducing for me, too, as excitement and adrenaline with a dash of nerves zing in my blood.

So, while I’m waiting to hear how other authors feel a month before Release Day, and after admitting that how I feel skittles about moment-to-moment, I think the occasion deserves marking with a full jacket reveal. You’ve seen the front before and a 3-D view with this blog. Now, here’s a zoom-in on the back jacket …

I’d love you to share your thoughts in the Facebook thread.

Cheers,
Sandi