Leeza McAuliffe is Branching Out is nearly three weeks old. Hurrah!
The Amazon algo has finally settled down so it's now consistently available. It's also on sale at other online book shops. In terms of my immediate working skej, I'll be tied up with advertising and promoting for a month or so more. I'm also in the process of sorting an online book tour and there'll be a steady stream of posts and videos all over my socials for a while yet. If you care even the tiniest jot for me and my silly endeavours, word of mouth is a marvellous thing. I'm stupidly grateful when I see a share or a repost online as every little LITERALLY helps. In a few months time, I'll sit down with a notepad and start to plan the next one but until then, I'll be banging the Branching Out drum with gusto!
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| The Leeza McAuliffe Stories so far |
I'm sure I'll have shared this info before, but it's worth repeating. Mainly, because it's a fabulous thing that most people don't know. Legal Deposit? Have you heard about it? I never had before I got into the old book game. Here's the gist. Every single book published in this country, has to be kept in The British Library. That way, there's a national record of the nation's literature preserved for future generations. I LOVE this. My silly little books are part of the country's canon - madness!
With that in mind, I fulfilled my publishing duty on Wednesday and sent a copy of the new Leeza McAuliffe to the Legal Deposit office. I also sent copies to the other national libraries - The National Library of Scotland, The National Library of Wales, the Library at Trinity College, Dublin, the Bodleian Library in Oxford, and Cambridge University Library. Little Leeza McAuliffe is part of all that jazz! It blows my tiny mind.
Culture
My year of consistent reading continues. In the past week I've read two college hockey rom-coms by Elle Kennedy, and then the sublime 2005 novel, Pick a Colour, by Souvankham Thammavongsa. This one was a bit special and I'm looking forward to seeing the friend who recommended it to me, for a mini book club chat.
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| Jordan Pickford, depicted in Dear England on stage. |
In TV news, I'm still working down my list of current shows. I've boxed off Falling, Queer as Folk, Looking, and Rivals. I've just started Tip Toe, and am still in the middle of Dear England. It's all brilliantly written stuff and I love it.
Take a bread dough base, and stud it with halved cherry tomatoes, black olives, diced courgette, and crumbled feta. Then bake. I can confirm it's fit. Oh, and I also spread the raw dough with pesto before assembling the thing. A basilly, veggie, pizzary, delight!
Out and About
Nothing special, all run of the mill, but with every venture outside the house, the tapestry of life gets enriched. A food shop, a brunch, a lift to the hospital, a writing group catch up, and a mani. Good fun.
More life enrichment is coming up this week. I'm away for three days. Ch-ching! Although I'll still be firmly attached to my laptop, it'll be done with a change of scenery and the aim of the cobwebs getting blown. Hope your week is as refreshing and rejuvenating as I'm planning mine to be. Or not, if that's your bag. I'm not the boss of you.
Have a lovely week, folks.
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