Pre-orders, Publicists, Companion Essays, and NaNoWriMo: Part Four of Publishing an Essay Collection by Sandra Gail Lambert The University of Georgia Press uploaded my book onto their website today. I know it was today because I checked yesterday. And the day before. And the many before that. This means is that anyone can pre-order a copy. With each book there is that moment when I understand, as if this is a brand new concept, a brand new moment that has never happened before—people I don't know will read the book. That it will have an existence separate from me. It is uncomfortable. Then I realize that people I do know will read it as well. This is more uncomfortable. And
Congratulations, Gail! I so look forward to reading your new book. I loved A Certain Loneliness. Thanks for sharing your experiences as a writer here on substack.
Thanks for keeping us up to the minute!
So cool to read! I’m in exactly same place: pre-order, PR, companion essays. Ha!
I'm so excited for you. And me. For us both!
Congratulations, Gail! I so look forward to reading your new book. I loved A Certain Loneliness. Thanks for sharing your experiences as a writer here on substack.
You are welcome, Pips. Thanks for reading my work.
This is all great news Sandra. Going to pre-order! Will Third House have it?
Thanks, Tom. And I hope Third House will carry it.
I love buying my copy from you at launch party, so I refrain from impulse to preorder.
When’s the par-tay?
Oh, Boaz, I love you buying them at the launch party as well. Sunday March 3 at 2pm at the Matheson!