It’s been a week since I mailed The Brigand to the publisher, so I should be getting back the self-addressed postcard I sent them, stating that my manuscript has been logged into their system. Now begins the “up-to-three-months” waiting period while they read and evaluate it. Obviously I’m hoping for a phone call and not my own SASE back. (That’s a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope for those in the know!)
I experienced a milestone of sorts yesterday, though. I got my first ‘Likes’ on my blog! Really quite exciting! I’ll be forever grateful for those affirmations and would like to show my appreciation … somehow. I’m not above admitting that I have no idea where to go from here. I think I need to get myself to the nearest Barnes & Noble and look for a Social Media for Dummies book. I’m sure there has to be one!
The ‘Likes’ came from a photographer and an author and I’ve already gone out and checked out their sites. Patrick Latter was the first, and his website has some truly AMAZING photographs! Really beautiful work! And the second was Ellis Nelson, an author whose first book, Into the Land of Snows, was just published last February. I was really quite excited to read her blog. Not only does her work sound fascinating, but it was fun to read about a first-time author navigating some of the same paths I’m following. I haven’t read all the posts yet, but her earliest ones sound SO similar to my first steps into the social media arena. I can’t wait to read more!
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