The Author Guy Blog by Larry B. Gildersleeve (Oct 11, 2024)
11th October 2024 Hello out there, Welcome back. I read a sign somewhere sometime that said: “I want patience … and I want it now!” That’s how I felt a few weeks ago when my new publisher, with whom I enthusiastically signed an exclusive contract last December, informed me it will most likely be next summer (18 months later) before the new version of my award-winning book Blue by You will be released. My sense of urgency is two-fold. First, last week I celebrated my seventh-fifth birthday and the sand in my hourglass seems to be falling more rapidly with each passing year. I reckon I’d feel different if it were instead my forty-fifth. Second, and more important, from a commercial standpoint I’ll I’ve been at a standstill, out of business in terms of marketing for those same eighteen months. I consulted with my wise and experienced marketing expert who lives in the high desert of Oregon, and we concluded this could be a good thing, indeed. More time for us to plan our “launch” – you kn...