Hey friends,
Here's today's blog tour review. I'm pleased with it. :)
http://www.wishfulendings.com/2015/05/blog-tour-review-giveaway-liam-darcy-i.html#more
As for me and my life, I spent the entire evening playing MASH. Yes, I still do that. But only with my very best friend as a way of catching up on our lives. She lives far away.
It was good times.
I also walked to the library and got the following books.
The Princess and the Hound by Mette Ivie Harrison
Ten Things I Hate about Me by Randa Abdel-Fattah
The Here and Now by Ann Brashares
Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell
and Binny for Short by Hilary McKay
Which should I read first? I can't decide.
Hope your Monday was equally lovely.
Monday, May 18, 2015
Saturday, May 16, 2015
Blog Tour: Day 5!
Good morning, friends! I'm exhausted but excited for another day at the LDStorymakers Conference.
Are you guys getting sick of the blog tour? Yeah, me neither.*
Today's review is great. You can see it here . . .
http://amandanicolle.blogspot.com/2015/05/liam-darcy-i-loathe-you.html
I just want to say that I'm really thankful for all of you—bloggers, friends, and everyone—who have posted reviews online, shared my posts, and helped me to spread the word about my book. I'm so appreciative. There's no way I could do this alone.
So basically, you guys are awesome. Happy Saturday!
(*Sorry if you are. I can't promise I'll shut up about my book anytime soon, but I will promise to blog about something not related to my book sometime in the nearish future. How's that for a vague commitment?)
Are you guys getting sick of the blog tour? Yeah, me neither.*
Today's review is great. You can see it here . . .
http://amandanicolle.blogspot.com/2015/05/liam-darcy-i-loathe-you.html
I just want to say that I'm really thankful for all of you—bloggers, friends, and everyone—who have posted reviews online, shared my posts, and helped me to spread the word about my book. I'm so appreciative. There's no way I could do this alone.
So basically, you guys are awesome. Happy Saturday!
(*Sorry if you are. I can't promise I'll shut up about my book anytime soon, but I will promise to blog about something not related to my book sometime in the nearish future. How's that for a vague commitment?)
Friday, May 15, 2015
Blog Tour: Day 4
And the blog tour continues!!! Today you can win a free copy of my book, so be sure to check out the link below.
http://www.melsshelves.blogspot.com/2015/05/blog-tourreviewgiveaway-liam-darcy-i.html
And while I'm here, I just want to let you all know that I'm currently sitting in a room surrounded by writers and it's freaking awesome.
I love writing conferences, and LDStorymakers is the one that inspired me to write my first novel, so it will always hold a special place in my heart. Seriously. It's great. If you've ever considered coming, you should. I highly recommend it.
You can check out their website for more info if you're interested.
http://ldstorymakers.com/
I'd write more about how great it is, but my first class of the day is about to start. Hope you all have a happy Friday!
http://www.melsshelves.blogspot.com/2015/05/blog-tourreviewgiveaway-liam-darcy-i.html
And while I'm here, I just want to let you all know that I'm currently sitting in a room surrounded by writers and it's freaking awesome.
I love writing conferences, and LDStorymakers is the one that inspired me to write my first novel, so it will always hold a special place in my heart. Seriously. It's great. If you've ever considered coming, you should. I highly recommend it.
You can check out their website for more info if you're interested.
http://ldstorymakers.com/
I'd write more about how great it is, but my first class of the day is about to start. Hope you all have a happy Friday!
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Blog Tour: Day 3
I am seriously loving this whole blog tour thing. It's giving me massive motivation to write Book 2, and I love reading all the reviews and seeing what people thought of the book.
Here's today's. It definitely made me smile.
Enjoy!
In real-life news, I took a big step today and ordered a conversion kit for my bike so that I can turn it into an electric bike. This means it'll have a little motor on it and batteries that will help me get up and over big hills and stuff. It also means I'll be able to use my bike to commute all summer long!
I'm super excited about this. It cost a pretty penny, but only about a quarter of what it would've been to repair my car AGAIN. So yeah, I'm pretty much set on going carless for awhile. Or at least car-lite. This is something I've been wanting to try for almost a year, and I'm feeling really good about it. I mean, it just makes sense. I only live a few miles from work, and I don't really need a car.
Anyway, I'll keep you posted on how it goes. I want to make sure I can live like this before I actually sell my car and cancel my insurance, but things are looking good so far!
Hope you all had a great Wednesday!
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Blog tour: Day 2
Hey, guys.
Just passing on a link to today's blog tour review.
You can check it out here:
http://katiescleanbookcollection.blogspot.com/2015/05/review-liam-darcy-i-loathe-you-jane.html
In other news, today was a pretty miserable day in my real life (car trouble, money, the usual). And that's why today I'm especially grateful to have a place like Pemberley Prep to escape to. I know that there are times when you need to face your problems instead of running from them, and I try to be brave enough to do that, but as one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite bands says, "We all need an escape route."
So yeah. I'd write more here, but I think I'd better write my book instead. I'll see you in Kensington!
Oh, and in case you're curious, the band I mentioned is also Willoughby's favorite in my book. And the song is titled, appropriately, Escape Route. It shouldn't be too hard to find. Google is a powerful thing. I'll give you a hint, though, it's not the Paramore song.
Just passing on a link to today's blog tour review.
You can check it out here:
http://katiescleanbookcollection.blogspot.com/2015/05/review-liam-darcy-i-loathe-you-jane.html
In other news, today was a pretty miserable day in my real life (car trouble, money, the usual). And that's why today I'm especially grateful to have a place like Pemberley Prep to escape to. I know that there are times when you need to face your problems instead of running from them, and I try to be brave enough to do that, but as one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite bands says, "We all need an escape route."
So yeah. I'd write more here, but I think I'd better write my book instead. I'll see you in Kensington!
Oh, and in case you're curious, the band I mentioned is also Willoughby's favorite in my book. And the song is titled, appropriately, Escape Route. It shouldn't be too hard to find. Google is a powerful thing. I'll give you a hint, though, it's not the Paramore song.
Monday, May 11, 2015
What's a blog tour?
Hey, guys! So a blog tour is this super cool thing where people from all around the internet review a book within the span of a week or two—in this case my book. It's kind of like a physical book tour, except that I don't actually get to go anywhere.
And while I usually like traveling, I'm pretty okay with skipping out on a traditional tour, since it means I have more time to sit at home and write (and by "write" I mean think about writing while really just watching Bones marathons on Netflix*). Anyway, today is the beginning of my first-ever blog tour, and I'm seriously stoked about it.
I'll be posting new links to all the reviews throughout the next couple of weeks. Hope you're all cool with that.
Here's the first one . . .
http://mybookaday.blogspot.com/2015/05/blog-tour-jane-journals-liam-darcy-i.html
Enjoy!
*This may or may not be an actual call for help. But really, I'm kind of addicted. And I have a first draft to write. Someone save me.
And while I usually like traveling, I'm pretty okay with skipping out on a traditional tour, since it means I have more time to sit at home and write (and by "write" I mean think about writing while really just watching Bones marathons on Netflix*). Anyway, today is the beginning of my first-ever blog tour, and I'm seriously stoked about it.
I'll be posting new links to all the reviews throughout the next couple of weeks. Hope you're all cool with that.
Here's the first one . . .
http://mybookaday.blogspot.com/2015/05/blog-tour-jane-journals-liam-darcy-i.html
Enjoy!
*This may or may not be an actual call for help. But really, I'm kind of addicted. And I have a first draft to write. Someone save me.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
How does it feel to be published?
Technically the term is "in print." I've been published for awhile, and that's not even counting Tiny Talks.
But whatever. Let's not quibble about technicalities.
So, how does it feel to have my first novel in the hands of readers?
It feels . . . like a lot of things all at once: panic, euphoria, pure disbelief, worry, smugness, exhaustion, relief, nostalgia, confusion, awe, and that uncomfortable feeling you get when you realize you've been humming along to your iPod in public but no one else can hear the music.
I'm not sure I've ever been through a more emotional week than the past one has been. Not because I've been particularly sad or happy or any of that. But my emotions keep fluctuating like crazy. One second I'm totally proud of myself, and then two seconds later I'm cowering in sheer terror over the fact that people can read my words now.
And not just my blog words. That's one thing. These are my fiction words. I made up this whole other world, and I'm kind of in love with it, but it's been mine and mine alone for a really long time. It's been my secret hideout, you know? And now it's like I threw open the gates and invited everyone into my own personal Disneyland.
Except it probably doesn't look like Disneyland to other people. I'm honestly not sure what it looks like because I lost the ability to be objective about it ages ago.
But okay. Here's another weird thing I realized in the past few days: from this point on, anyone new that I meet will never get to know the old Heidi. More than turning thirty, more than graduating from college, more than becoming a professional editor even, more than all that stuff—publishing my first novel has forever altered my personal identity. It's odd. I feel like I have more to live up to now somehow.
And I also feel like I'm going to have a harder time convincing people that I'm really a mess. From the outside, publishing a book makes it look like you've got it all together. But I don't. Really.
I don't know what I'm doing with my life. I don't have it all figured out. I don't even know what I want to be when I grow up. I'm taking this whole thing one day at a time and crossing my fingers and toes that I'll come out of it a better person somehow.
But I certainly don't feel like I'm the most creative person I know. Far from it. And I don't feel like I'm the best writer I know. I'm definitely not. I don't even feel like being published is that big of a deal. Except that it is. I sort of know that still, deep down. I guess I've lost the ability to be objective about this too.
So when I can't think straight anymore, I do the only thing I can do—I keep writing. Book 2 is currently 34028 words long. I wish it were longer. I'm not as far into it as I wanted to be by this point. Oh well. It'll come. If nothing else, this whole experience has taught me that I write books—a fact I was unsure about even up until last week. But now that I've done it once, I know I can do it again.
And when I forget that, I'll look at the stack of my books that's currently sitting on my dining room table and say to myself, "Look. You did that."
Weird.
But whatever. Let's not quibble about technicalities.
So, how does it feel to have my first novel in the hands of readers?
It feels . . . like a lot of things all at once: panic, euphoria, pure disbelief, worry, smugness, exhaustion, relief, nostalgia, confusion, awe, and that uncomfortable feeling you get when you realize you've been humming along to your iPod in public but no one else can hear the music.
I'm not sure I've ever been through a more emotional week than the past one has been. Not because I've been particularly sad or happy or any of that. But my emotions keep fluctuating like crazy. One second I'm totally proud of myself, and then two seconds later I'm cowering in sheer terror over the fact that people can read my words now.
And not just my blog words. That's one thing. These are my fiction words. I made up this whole other world, and I'm kind of in love with it, but it's been mine and mine alone for a really long time. It's been my secret hideout, you know? And now it's like I threw open the gates and invited everyone into my own personal Disneyland.
Except it probably doesn't look like Disneyland to other people. I'm honestly not sure what it looks like because I lost the ability to be objective about it ages ago.
But okay. Here's another weird thing I realized in the past few days: from this point on, anyone new that I meet will never get to know the old Heidi. More than turning thirty, more than graduating from college, more than becoming a professional editor even, more than all that stuff—publishing my first novel has forever altered my personal identity. It's odd. I feel like I have more to live up to now somehow.
And I also feel like I'm going to have a harder time convincing people that I'm really a mess. From the outside, publishing a book makes it look like you've got it all together. But I don't. Really.
I don't know what I'm doing with my life. I don't have it all figured out. I don't even know what I want to be when I grow up. I'm taking this whole thing one day at a time and crossing my fingers and toes that I'll come out of it a better person somehow.
But I certainly don't feel like I'm the most creative person I know. Far from it. And I don't feel like I'm the best writer I know. I'm definitely not. I don't even feel like being published is that big of a deal. Except that it is. I sort of know that still, deep down. I guess I've lost the ability to be objective about this too.
So when I can't think straight anymore, I do the only thing I can do—I keep writing. Book 2 is currently 34028 words long. I wish it were longer. I'm not as far into it as I wanted to be by this point. Oh well. It'll come. If nothing else, this whole experience has taught me that I write books—a fact I was unsure about even up until last week. But now that I've done it once, I know I can do it again.
And when I forget that, I'll look at the stack of my books that's currently sitting on my dining room table and say to myself, "Look. You did that."
Weird.
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