Sunday, April 24, 2016

Getting Excited


We have an anthology coming out. We are in the final stages before the print/e -run. I can't believe it. My writing workshop series' harvest. The work, the work m'dears. Agony. Words become meaningless after stroking and stroking the sentences and paragraphs. Especially when in the depths of grief and despair as I have been. I never want to edit others' work again. Intense. Unless it's just one author or one book or one story. Not this enormous compendium of multiple and varied writing styles.

Many local authors including Daughter and I are featured. Many interesting memoirs and stories of times past around this gorgeous bay of ours. Some contemporary - one of Daughter's is about Brooklyn, NY. One of mine is a Cork city story.

I'm very proud of the bunch of them, so much talent previously unexplored. We're having fun planning multiple launches. We thought: background live music, samples of readings, food. We figure if all our families bought 50 each we'd have a best-seller. *Snort*. One family of one writer has ordered over 100 and will probably want more. I can't even imagine that kind of family love!

I'm into the last week of stroking here with a final pre-publishing meeting next week.

It's amazing. I'm amazed.

And thrilled beyond belief to see this baby take flight.

18 comments:

  1. Congratulations, WWW, and well deserved. Enjoy the fruits...

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    1. So glad to see you surfacing from La Belle France, RJA. Please continue blogging, I really enjoy your perspective.

      XO
      WWW

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  2. Congratulations, and let us all know how/where to get it when it comes out.

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    1. Thanks Tom, will do, it should be around 6-7 weeks.
      XO
      WWW

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  3. Wonderful! Where can I get one???

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    1. I will let fans know when it's available E. It will be carried by Amazon. Thank you for your constant support!
      XO
      WWW

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  4. I will buy one when it is out on Amazon!

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  5. Congratulations. I hope that there is a hitchless take off!

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    1. LOL Ramana I read one of your words as "bitchless" and I had a heart stopping, what did he mean, moment.

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  6. I can't imagine the amount of work involved in editing an entire anthology. A labour of love, for sure. Glad it's finally come to fruition!

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