I've decided that I'm writing books, not to share with the world but because I want to read more books. You see I'm not super social and it terrifies me to have to do blog tours and actually tell people about my book. And I have no idea how well it will sell, considering it's my first book and I'm planning on self publishing on Amazon.
Then there's the whole, I have no idea how many people actually read my blog. But my friend Lyn Jeulin actually told me I need to join the world of Twitter. (which I see as Facebook on crack) I barely have 130 friend on FB (facebook for future reference) see what I mean by not super social. Back to joining twitter. So yes she's suggested a million times to join twitter. I've managed to evade for a year. But if I actually want to publish, I know I must.
See I started this blog, solely to do the whole book stuff. I'm not good at blogging. I don't want to bore people to death with my personal life.
Then I told my friend, love the woman to death by the way, that maybe just MAYBE I would make a bonnet to take a picture of and photoshop it to make it actually look good, because if you saw my sewing skills you would probably say, LINDSAY DO NOT MAKE A BONNET. So she says to me, you should do a GIVE AWAY! My response. You are joking! I'm not giving away something I would see as a piece of crap! Besides, I doubt anyone would be crazy enough to want a craptastic project that I made. Apparently that's not true.
SO, I'm making a new cover, and it's going to have a bonnet on it. BUT, I plan on using a hat that I actually wear and making it LOOK like a bonnet, because using safety pins is much easier than using a sewing machine. I promise though, that when I'm done with my safety pins the finished result will look just like a bonnet.
Okay I think I've gone off track again. So let me finish off with the last thing that terrifies me. Blog tours! What is a blog tour? Why do I have to "tour" anything? Can't I just hide in my shell, let people who read my book tell their friends it's fabulous (even if it turns out not to be). Sounds so much nicer than having to do all this crazy stuff that gets me to talk to strangers!
So yes, while I love the picture below of a tide pool at Laguna Beach. (that was a fun day with my oldest daughter) I have decided I should do something that goes more with the title of my book. "Burning Roanoke". Though maybe I'll change it to "Roanoke Burning". One of these days I'll come to a final decision.
All I can say for sure is that Summer is so busy I do not think I'll be publishing until the fall. We shall see. Thanks for reading!
