The Launch - Things Are Moving

What a week it's been planning and  putting things in place for the book launch event on November 27th. Perhaps naïvely, I'd assumed the evening was going to revolve around a few readings hand-picked from the chapters, a run through of the novel's premise, flog a few copies and that would be that. 'No, no,' my event organiser protested. 'You need to do much, much more - you need visuals, props, give away a couple of free books in a draw, maybe a book voucher?'
'Right,' me-thinks, and that was it, off in a flurry of activity to make this an event my 'guests' will remember. So far: A slideshow containing all the images of the book cover designs and a timeline detailing how it morphed from a few sketched out ideas to the final cover we settled on - some of the rough drafts, I've added to this blog. A playlist; any popular song with the word: writing, writer, story, book, chapter or imagination in the title or chorus (there are some very good ones) along with any song that is mentioned within the novel, some of which are relevant to the narrative at the time they are playing. And, finally; creating visual images for every character, significant location or object within the book to print-off, cut up and hand out as draw tickets - yes, a few free books and book vouchers will be given away on the night. Right, so much more to do!

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