{"id":6237,"date":"2024-02-16T23:54:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T17:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=6237"},"modified":"2024-02-21T02:21:43","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T20:21:43","slug":"pippas-passing-goes-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=6237","title":{"rendered":"“PIPPA’S PASSING” GOES LIVE"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This will be a quick blahg with exciting news. <\/span><\/strong>\"New<\/a>My novel, “Pippa’s Passing” is finally ready to order from Amazon.\u00a0 I started writing the book in February 2022 and now, two years on, it’s been edited and fine tuned and ready for readers to take it on.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 When I first started writing it, I published a blahg,\u00a0PIPPA’S PASSING<\/a> about two months into the writing process.\u00a0\u00a0 And in mid-June of 2022 in the blahg, SOME THINGS TO CELEBRATE…TEN YEARS ON<\/a> I commented how I had finished writing my book.\u00a0 Here’s what I said:\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I have been meaning to write this novel for ten years and finally started it in February of this year. It\u2019s a hard process to describe. Once I had started, the characters began to speak to me and told me what to write. I had no conceived notions where the book was going at times but when I sat down each day, the words were there and formed the story. I\u2019ve always had the beginning and ending over the last decade but I had not idea what direction it would take. I\u2019m happy with it. Now I have to send it out to see if I can get it published.<\/h4>\n

I did send it out to a few publishers over the past couple of years but with no success.\u00a0 The publishing market is probably flood every year with submissions and I guess I didn’t do a good enough job of promoting it to them.\u00a0 So, I decided to go the Amazon route and have spent the last couple of months working on the format for both the Kindle electronic version and the paperback version.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 The cover design for my book has always been based on my daughter Abbie’s artwork.\u00a0 This is how the Kindle cover version will be displayed:\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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When it came to the paperback version, Abbie and I consulted and thought a wrap around cover might look better.\u00a0 We had to consider the spine and what text would be on the back.\u00a0 The initial layout, as designed by Abbie, looked like this:\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"possible<\/a><\/p>\n

You can’t really read the back cover text but below are the front and back covers broken out and you can click on them to view a larger version.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Pippa's<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Pippa's<\/a><\/p>\n

The proof copy of my book arrived last weekend.\u00a0 Here’s what it looked like:\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Pippa's<\/a><\/p>\n

It took me all week to read through it at 385 pages.\u00a0 I had to check every word and line.\u00a0 Some of the software I used caused some formatting issues and of course I may have missed a quotation mark or odd comma or period.\u00a0 I made no major changes but managed to tweak a little to make it even stronger.\u00a0 Here’s a photo of me that Jeanette took when I first received the proof:\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Scott<\/a><\/p>\n

I also made the bold decision to update my Facebook page with my real name and posted about my book being available through Amazon.\u00a0 I’ve never had a public Facebook page before but if I want to promote my book then I have to get on with it.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 What’s left to say?\u00a0 Oh, I know, PLEASE BUY MY BOOK!\u00a0 Here’s the link:\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/dp\/1738299120\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=NJVIRMGSGUA0&keywords=pippa%27s+passing&qid=1708093965&s=books&sprefix=pippa%27s+passing%2Cstripbooks%2C111&sr=1-1<\/a>\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Update:\u00a0 Five author copies arrived on a snowy day in Canada:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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I have also uploaded some videos of me promoting the book on YouTube and TikTok.\u00a0 Here’s one of the YouTube videos:
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