It now seems like ages ago since I wrote the The Mama's Boy Myth. And we are still months from publication. (March 15 is the official pub date.) But there is a surprising amount of book-related work that goes on all the time.
Yesterday I finished edited the book jacket copy. I wasn't crazy about what the publisher had written and they asked me to take a crack at it. You'd think if you could write a book, writing a book jacket would be a breeze. But it's very different - you are basically summarizing two years of work into two paragraphs, and write it in a compelling way that will make folks who pick up the book want to buy it.
Then there's the whole business of securing "blurbs" that will appear on the back of the jacket. This is trying, because while many people have said they would be delighted to review the book, it takes forever for them to respond. So you don't want to push it (what if they actually hate the book and don't want to tell you) but you also want to stay on top of it (one terrific and highly supportive person misplaced the book two chapters in).
In other news, its The Boy's birthday today. He has to be at work at 6:45 a.m., so while The Weatherman has already spoken to him, I will wait until this evening. I certainly remember his actual birth day.
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