This is your official invitation! Be sure to drop by the site on these dates for lots of great book release fun! I still have room for guest bloggers, guest books, pre-reviews (you’ll have to be a fast reader) and guest artists.
Please reply to the email or this post to get listed! The current list of participants can be seen on the post site! https://katepolicani.com/the-lustre/launch-party-the-lustre-under-construction/
My darling hubby had yet another fabulous idea: don’t choose which cover I like best. Do them all! My Facebook Peeps all voted for multiple covers, but liked the cream and black one best. On Facebook, my blog, and friends in person preferred the blue cover. Most authors chose the red. I wonder what that says about the different people groups. Nobody really spoke up for the one with the dark blue cover, and I was able to combine the red lettering that some people liked with the design on the blue-gray one.
I added a blue jewel to the necklace partly because that is how I envisioned the jewelry Angelina would wear, and partly because I wanted to avoid any copyright issues with the original necklace.
So here are the three covers for The Lustre!
I have been messing around with CreateSpace Cover Creator, seeing what I might make into my cover! My photos are generously supplied by my Dad, who I hope will let me feature some of his other photographs for my Virtual Launch Party. What do you think? Which is your favorite?
The Lustre edit came in this morning and I burned through the notes! This week, I should have a beautiful file for all of you pre-review rockers. I am really excited about this story, and I’ve read it about 50 times!
Please visit my Virtual Party Planning page, which will become the Virtual Party page on my release date, March 15th. I’m hoping that lots of you want to contribute to my launch! I need pre-reviewers, party host blogs (I’ll supply all your post info for you), and guest books to feature at the party. I would also consider music, art, poetry, and other genres if they fit in with The Lustre and its theme. If anyone has other ideas or suggestions, I am glad to hear them.
Big thanks to Laura Pfundt, the Quillwielder, for her review of The Disenchanted Pet! See it here: http://quillwielder.com/2012/02/12/book-review-the-disenchanted-pet/
It’s also posted here! http://thedarkglobe.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/book-review-the-disenchanted-pet/
I just have to link all my great reviewers!
Visit my Party Construction page to sign up for all the fun at my launch party!
https://katepolicani.com/the-lustre/launch-party-the-lustre-under-construction/
I’ll be featuring Pre-reviews, guest books that are in-genre, other blogs hosting the party too! Your suggestions are welcome!
Maria Tatham has posted a review of my book, The Disenchanted Pet, on Speculative Faith! Here is a link to the review:
http://www.speculativefaith.com/authors/kate-policani/
Here is a link to Maria Tatham’s blog:
http://christianfantasyforwomen.com/
Her book is coming soon on my review list! Watch for it on Compulsively Writing Reviews!
Thank you, Maria! (And sorry it took me so long to post this!)
I want to give a shout-out and a big thanks to Tahlia Newland, a fellow crusader for independent books. She has honored my work by adding me to her new page, Awesome Indies!
Awesome Indies is a brand new list of books that she and other authors and editors can unreservedly recommend. The idea is to honour the Indie authors who produce a high quality product and to direct readers towards the Indie Gold that lies hidden amongst the avalanche of available books.
Click on her link to see the Awesome Indies, read their great books, and maybe suggest a few yourself!
This is a big month for me!
Today The Lustre begins the editing phase! I am using a different editor this time mainly because she was my original choice for editor but was moving to California at the time and so passed me on to Kathryn who edited The Disenchanted Pet.
In addition to my exciting book news, I will be turning 29 (again) this month. For my birthday present to myself I will be combing through my followers list again to buy some more of your books! (I also might buy a new purse, but I’m not sure.) I will buy books from my blog followers I haven’t bought from before with the intention of reviewing them on Compulsively Writing Reviews. I will have a budget. If your book is more expensive, I have to bump it to the bottom of my list because I want to be able to buy more than 2 ebooks. If your book is on the expensive side and you miss out, I will still trade you a copy of The Disenchanted Pet or The Lustre for review!
I’ll also join a new blog tour group, Tribute Books, with my review of The Priest and the Peaches on February 10th!
Now I have to decide when to release The Lustre…. I think you’ll be seeing some posts soon on how to release a book the right way! Anybody have any suggestions for articles online? Post your links in the comments!
My dear friend, Nadia Riell, has reviewed my book! You can find her review here: http://nadiariell.com/2012/01/18/a-book-review-for-the-disenchanted-pet-by-kate-policani/
Thank you, Nadia! Your feedback, dialogue, and encouragement were an enormous help in writing The Disenchanted Pet, and also in writing The Lustre, coming at the end of February!
Super-thanks to Sharon, the MaineMuse, for the awesome review of The Disenchanted Pet! See it here: http://mainemuse.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/the-disenchanted-pet-by-kate-policani/
I also added the link to Compulsively Writing Reviews!
I just hit “send” on an email for the last read-through for my Think Tank of The Lustre! Kathleen Firstenberg will be editing in February, and I am hopeful that The Lustre will be out at the end of February or early March! I’m a little drunk with excitement right now! Stay tuned for my trailer video….
I had one of those ideas that hit you right while you are trying to go to sleep, only this time it wasn’t for writing. It was for promotion! What do you think? I hope they’ll be conversation-starters. I may try making them with some other media too because it was so much fun making them!
Please, oh please would you review my book? If you don’t have a review page, that’s OK! There is still no review for TheDisenchanted Pet on Smashwords. Amazon can’t have too many reviews.
If you want, I will squeeze your book into my review list in exchange for a review of mine. I am happy to send you a free e-copy coupon code if you will review it after you read.
Email me at katepolicani@gmail. and we’ll talk turkey!
Be like Lorenzo: patronize an artist like me!
Kate Policani 