The last few days I've been busy trying to choose photos to use in my book. I've already put some into the text, but then realised we had more photos which I could use. Because they are old photos, they have lost some colour, some are slightly creased and of course they aren't well composed at all. However I've managed to improve a couple of them, which is a step in the right direction. The next step will be to send the cover photo off to the designers for them to begin to work on it.
The biggest step forward has been sending copies to my readers. I've got three people who are reading and hopefully going to make comments which I can put on the back cover. I've suggested 4 weeks for them to complete reading it, and though only two weeks have gone I am starting to feel anxious about what they might say. I am hoping this is unfounded anxiety, but I've found myself thinking about other people who would read it as a back-up plan. Its interesting that my confidence levels about what I've produced are going up and down on a daily basis. Some days I feel very sure there are people out there in the world who will get something useful out of what I have written. Other days I imagine me surrounded by boxes of unsold books...........and I am sure my feelings will be echoed by other writers.
The list is growing of people who I want to invite or let know about my book launch. It still feels a long way off - November, but I am sure it will come round very quickly. There are lots of plans and ideas to put into place before then.
