Galleys today

I worked on preparing the galley packages along with the advance review copies all day. Everything is ready to go. I'm mailing them all out tomorrow and then I'm taking a break. I've been going at it like crazy, although I did have time to get in some swing dance lessons last night. That was fun, it took me an hour to drive there, an hour lesson with about twenty other fun people, then an hour or so drive home. The weather's been a bit iffy the last few days, snow, snow flurries, ice with mud underneath. Oh well, spring has to be just around the corner, right?

Galleys and advance reviews

My galleys are scheduled to arrive tomorrow, so I've been working on my press kit to include in the outgoing package. I found a great resource site at http://www.midwestbookreview.com written mostly by Jim Cox. What a great resource! Specifics as to what reviewers want to see and when. I've included the link on my right sidebar under writer links. Another great site is Dan Poynter's pages. He's the first king of self-publishing. http://parapublishing.com

I now have 18 requests for advance review copies. Those will also be going out this next week or so.

Am I crazy? Will this time spent pay off? Only time will tell. For the last four weeks I've been spending an average of 8-10 hours a day working on book marketing. I guess it's a good thing I don't have a significant other right now. LOL.