Comments on Wife in the North: Blook

I agree with ~Rachel it does list the book as ~Fre...

2008-03-16T22:16:32.612Z

I agree with ~Rachel it does list the book as ~French language - it which case it will languish in my basket and not reach the checkout.

If you want to promote your book further you could do what many other authors do - log on to Amazon and write a review and post it then log in again under another pen name and write another review ad infinitum and before you know it huge sales - sorted. 8-)

Your concerns are common, I have designed hundreds...

2008-03-16T09:35:29.304Z

Your concerns are common, I have designed hundreds of books over the last 20 years, both covers and text and my experience with authors is they are generally a delicate community, needing much encouragement and care. Trust your publisher they are taking the financial risks and wouldn't if there was any doubt. www.alternativeplot.co.uk

I'm so sorry we didn't get chance to meet at that ...

2008-03-13T17:11:01.140Z

I'm so sorry we didn't get chance to meet at that party (where I was feeling similarly ill at ease)...

Wifey, if you are feeling wobbly about the book, t...

2008-03-13T14:17:25.662Z

Wifey, if you are feeling wobbly about the book, then be reassured by this. I typed your name into Amazon.com and it came up with your book, followed by Petite Anglaise, followed by an endless number of versions of "Night of the Living Dead".

So I then tried typing in "Wife in the North", and it came up with your book, then "The Reluctant Communist: My Desertion, Court-Martial, and Forty-Year Imprisonment in North Korea", and then "Blood Vows: Story of a Mafia Wife".

You're in very good company.

I am looking forward to seeing you on Richard and ...

2008-03-12T13:12:09.816Z

I am looking forward to seeing you on Richard and Judy - Dick is a blogging friend of mine and I have already smoothed the way - as we say!!

DON'T BE SO SILLY!! Your book will be brilliant, i...

2008-03-11T23:21:54.066Z

DON'T BE SO SILLY!! Your book will be brilliant, it will sell like hot cakes, if people get offended they can sod off and not take themselves so seriously, so don't lose your nerve.

It's. All. Going. To. Be. Fine.

Going over to Amazon now to see if I can pre-order.

Hi I hope your book comes out, and I will buy it, ...

2008-03-11T22:15:47.260Z

Hi I hope your book comes out, and I will buy it, just like I have Petite anglais... yours is about moving up north from London with a family and staying together and her is about moving to a different country, having a baby, splitting up and new lovers, I am sure yours will just be as fascinating.

Thanks for the support everyone. I said to my publ...

2008-03-11T17:13:57.343Z

Thanks for the support everyone. I said to my publisher at the party. "You know, reading La Petite Anglaise which is so good and which has all the stuff about her affairs and the breakdown of her relationships, I'm just not sure mine is going to compare. I break egg cups. I think I haven't been revealing enough." She shook her head. She said: "Oh you have. You've been really revealing. Really." Which somehow did not make me feel better.

re Winchester Whisperer: I have caught some of her press stuff and think she has handled herself really well.

Anyone who writes must regard it as a dream come t...

2008-03-11T15:48:03.319Z

Anyone who writes must regard it as a dream come true to achieve publication. You will be fine - your blog is successful not because of what you write, but because of the way you write.

Have you read about Petite's angst since she's pub...

2008-03-11T15:34:40.914Z

Have you read about Petite's angst since she's published?

hmmm well wife swapping would make for an interest...

2008-03-11T14:01:44.200Z

hmmm well wife swapping would make for an interesting blog or two but since I can never find my car keys I think I'm safe enough.

er, wife swapping, not shopping.

2008-03-11T13:22:48.180Z

er, wife swapping, not shopping.

Just gone onto Amazon to pre-order. Search on "wif...

2008-03-11T13:22:12.269Z

Just gone onto Amazon to pre-order. Search on "wife in the north" brings up Petite Anglaise, your book, and bunch of academic books about wife shopping. Madness. Good luck. It'll be fab. Can't wait to read the review in the Northumberland Gazette. Have you got any readings planned? Barter Books in Alnwick?

Every now and then, I have a dream where I'm weari...

2008-03-11T11:59:50.557Z

Every now and then, I have a dream where I'm wearing a top that doesn't go past my waist, or I'm completely nakeed. In school, or some public place...
At least you'll have your wellies on.
Don't let your inner critic diminish the sense of achievement for completing your own journey.
Says she, oh, Guru of Guff...

Oh my, I can just about imagine how you must feel!...

2008-03-11T10:13:19.273Z

Oh my, I can just about imagine how you must feel! I always suspected that were I to have a book published I'd go into a kind of panic over-drive, rushing around grabbing it off the bookshelves in a desperate attempt to put right all those things I had begun to loathe about it!

I feel that about my blog-novel already - so what would I feel about a book that was actually printed and 'out there'?

I'm sure you have no reason for misgivings though. Yours must have been through the mill a dozen times by now, so there can't be anything left to give you nightmares.

All very good wishes to you anyway. I for one will be out there buying your book as soon as it's available.

Do I take it you have mixed feelings? :)

2008-03-11T01:24:08.963Z

Do I take it you have mixed feelings? :)

"Bwelieve me????"I really should not be typing at ...

2008-03-11T00:18:10.054Z

"Bwelieve me????"
I really should not be typing at this time of night. Better log off and go to bed.
Is ther such a thing as typographical dyslexia?

Bwelieve me, its pre-publishing nerves you have. I...

2008-03-11T00:13:56.270Z

Bwelieve me, its pre-publishing nerves you have. I get similar panics as an exhibition approaches. Nightmares of my work falling off the wall, the critics slagging me off... no buyers... the gallery changing its mind.
But once the private view is out of the way I can relax.
Once your book is launched, YOU can relax.
If you didn't worry, then you WOULD have something to worry about.... if you get my drift.

You've got this far Wifey. How many people can sa...

2008-03-10T22:58:02.474Z

You've got this far Wifey. How many people can say that? Just hold your nerve and you will be absolutely fine.

Have you not also found a bit of that harsh realit...

2008-03-10T22:49:41.544Z

Have you not also found a bit of that harsh reality in blogging or did you only have adoring commenters?

By the way, you never do acknowledge people who comment do you? Not that you are obliged to, I was just wondering.

Good luck with the book, I hope it is a big hit, but you are a good writer and I think it will be fine.

I always thought writing a book must be tricky, fo...

2008-03-10T22:20:37.313Z

I always thought writing a book must be tricky, for the simple reason that it takes so blummin' long, by the time you've finished you've got bored or gone off the idea. It would take an extremely patient and confident person not to have a wobble every now and again.

By the way I get referrals from your site quite a lot - thanks again for listing me :-) I'm really enjoying this blogging lark (and the house has never been such a disgraceful mess).

Jumping through hoops wifey! Have courage. Roll on...

2008-03-10T21:48:40.352Z

Jumping through hoops wifey! Have courage. Roll on the day, I'm impatient to read it...

Ah buy you are realising what is a mere dream for ...

2008-03-10T21:36:31.221Z

Ah buy you are realising what is a mere dream for most of us bloggers. I for one am fairly, insanely jealous!
Congrats, and go forth with confidence!
Pigx

well I'm going to buy one from Amazon - so you'll ...

2008-03-10T20:39:42.371Z

well I'm going to buy one from Amazon - so you'll have at least one sale! I'm sure it'll go like great guns and congrats on getting it written!

Well, I for one can't wait for your book to come o...

2008-03-10T19:34:38.111Z

Well, I for one can't wait for your book to come out. Since I am in Canada there is no knowing when it will appear in our stores so I will have to get a kindly friend to send me a copy. Since you replied to an e-mail from me at one time I can now say, I actually know someone famous!!!