Finally!

Hey You! Looking good! Isn't it a lovely day! 

If you detect a glimmer of jollity to my words, or a hint of the frivolous more evident than usual, you'd not be mistaken. It's finally here! Leeza McAuliffe is Branching Out is IN THE WORLD. Look at the links below... ALL the choices. (Other global Amazon sites also have it.)

UK (Amazon)

UK (Waterstones)

UK (Foyles)

UK Kindle 

US Amazon

US Barnes and Noble

 

Ordinarily, there'd be months of a book being available to pre-order before the publication date. It's so important, the publishing world tells us, to get as many pre-orders as possible. Those pre-orders count as sales on the release week, which creates a bumper week that won't be replicated again. It's the one chance to get the algorithm to notice you've done a brilliant thing. With that super sales week under your belt, stores like Amazon are more likely to push your book and prompt more sales. Clever, right?

Well... ordinarily, schmordinarily. That's what I say. After months and months of hassle, Leeza McAuliffe is Branching Out finally became available to preorder two days before it was published. I can confirm this will NOT result in a bumper week of sales. Here's the thing though. I don't care. I've learnt SO much about the publishing process with this book, that even in the most frustrating of times, this experience has been worth it. I've written myself a massive essay for next time round - of what not to do and when not to do it - and one fact still remains. My lovely characters, in their lovely town, with their lovely lives, are back in the world again. I get to write books I love. It's a frigging JOY.

Last Thursday was the day it came out. I did what I usually do on publication day... I celebrated! It's the one day where everything feels wonderful. Nothing matters except the fact it's done. This time, however, was a little more muted than normal. With so little time to tell people beforehand, it was like a lovely secret just for me. I sat in the pub, full of the thrill of a project completed, but knowing all the promotion was still to come.

So here we go. I would LOVE you to read this story and I'm stupidly grateful that you've read this much about it. Thank you. Thank you for reading my books, and thank you for letting me vent a smidge. Indie-publishing? It's a frigging roller coaster, but what an amazing ride!

Have a lovely week, folks.