With gratitude on launch-day and beyond

While our American friends have been stuffing themselves with turkey, we can all take a moment to appreciate what we have. With my short story anthology published today, I’ve a lot to be thankful for, not only for the fact of being published – and read – in this difficult climate for authors, but for the support from the blogosphere in the run-up to the launch. In Monday’s post – Becoming Someone is coming to an armchair near you!  – I shared the links to the first few stops on my blog tour; today I’m sharing a few more, along with a reminder of the party, where I’m putting my gratitude into action by donating to Book Aid International.

These are the posts I shared previously

Gill's Blog: Author Anne Goodwin has a new book out

Authors’ Interviews: Q&A with Fiona McVie

IQ Blog: Perspectives on identity in five of my favourite contemporary short stories

Scarborough Mysteries: Greater than the sum of its parts? Assembling a first short story collection

A View from my Summerhouse: Don’t let your fears prevent you from embracing your identity as a writer

The last few hectic days have brought six more:

Carrot Ranch: Branding, bios and author multi-identity disorder

Shiny New Books: Concepts of identity in 9 classic novels

The Contemporary Small Press: The Inbetweenies: the identity of the small-press published author

Sue Vincent’s Daily Echo: Where would you be without your identity as a writer?

Norah Colvin: You know who you are: Becoming Someone

Women Writers: What Lurks Behind Your Identity As A Writer?

In between recording videos and designing quizzes for the party, I’ve responded to myriad supportive comments on the posts themselves and on Twitter; if I’ve missed any, I’m sure I’ll get to them soon! The next three stopping-points are with book bloggers and, although I won’t see the reviews until they’re posted, it’s a joy to have seen on Goodreads – and relief after last year’s one star review on the eve of publication – that at least one of these early readers loves the book.

So, what else can I say? Come to the party and help me donate to Book Aid International. I’m giving 50p for every comment, and I hope I’ll need to borrow some fingers and toes to count them all. It won’t cost you anything and we’re also donating 20% of the profits of book sales on the day. There’s also the chance to win an e-book of one of my novels or from one of the other authors at Inspired Quill. See you there!

ebook available from iq

For those considering purchasing a digital copy, unfortunately there’s been a technical hitch with Amazon. We hope this will be fixed soon but, in the meantime, it’s available at the same price through the publishers, IQ. Just click on the button to the left.