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21 August 2014

Strange feelings

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I'm sat here with a copy of my book in front of me, strangely it doesn't smell  - I'm sure people say new books smell, and the more I think about it the stranger it seems to me.

There's a box of them just behind me as well.  I know there's a proof copy downstairs by where my wife is, currently, watching TV as well.

I took a picture of the ten that were delivered just a day ago to show them off to the world.  I wonder if they'll ever be so many copies of my book gathered in one place again :)




It's strange because George and the Dragon is my creation, my work, every word in what amounts to just over 240 pages or 35 chapters is the result of an outpouring of my imagination.

Sure there are people that have helped me to get to this point and I am truly grateful to each of them for the input they have had on the book.

I signed one of my books the other day as well.  Sure it was for a work colleague, who'd bought it via Amazon I might add, but it's still a strange thing to do for the first time.

I guess it's just because it's still all very new to me.  When it comes to my next novel I'll be more flippant about the whole process but for now I shall try and nurture that feeling of pride and wonder that nestles inside of me.

The next step for me has been to create an e-commerce page on www.GeorgeAndTheDragon.co.uk so that people in the UK can buy a signed copy of the book should the wish.

If you're interested in a signed copy but over seas let me know and I am sure we can sort it out.

Of course I haven't forgotten about the artwork competition either and I've a couple more prizes that I'll be revealing over the next few days so keep your eyes open.

If you're really interesting it would be a good idea to follow my facebook page as well:

https://www.facebook.com/philtolhurst

That's all from me for now.

Phil
12 August 2014

Real life interruptions and competition time.

16:47 | | Edit Post
I've just looked and it's been a month since I last managed to update my blog.

A fair bit has happened in that time within my personal life that has kept me away from writing this blog and promoting my book.

The publication of the paperback version of George and the Dragon passed without even a whimper of me shouting about it here.


It's even currently reduced on Amazon to £6.38 from £6.99 so it's a bargin :)

I'm currently awaiting delivery of some copies myself that I will sell via the website and sign for people that would like a signed copy. 

So that was very exciting but tempered by the fact we had two car accidents in my household in three days.   Without going into specifics a car knocked my wife and son over in his nursery carpark causing her to break her shoulder and have to have it pinned in an operation and I wrote our car off by driving into the back of another vehicle two days later.

This, as I'm sure you'll appreciate has caused all sorts of chaos and upheaval at home and has really taken my focus away from writing and publicising my book.

But I'm slowly getting back on top of things and starting to plan a big artwork competition for George and the Dragon to run through September and October.

I'm going to have age categories under 16s and 16s and over and two prize pools for each group.  The artwork must feature a scene from the book and other than a signed copy of George and the Dragon I am starting to collate an exciting selection of prizes for each age group.

Here's a sneak peak at one of the prizes I have sourced for the under 16s group:


I'll be talking more about the competition as I firm up the details and confirm the prize pools for the two age groups. 

Hopefully this'll get me back on track and I can start finding more people who find the concept of  dragons fighting in World War 2 interesting enough to buy and read the book.





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