According to the people that have as of yet nominated and voted for their favourite bookshop to win Sourcebooks sweepstake. It’s not too late to make sure your local bookshop gets some much deserved love!
Here’s the list so far: http://books.sourcebooks.com/readers-recommend-your-bookstore-sweepstakes/
Obviously I have to visit them all one day.
Has just called my novel “a heartwarming tale about literature’s power to transform”
And I have of course already ordered The Swans of Fifth Avenue – it sounds amazing.
I have been surprisingly effective these last couple of days, often spending as much as three or even four hours writing. This in itself is not worrying.
For example, today I have:
– Written for about four hours
– Made lunch
– Answered questions from American book bloggers
– Bought dental floss
– Used dental floss (!!!!)
I did all of this without really thinking about it, until I sort of woke up and realized I was standing in the bathroom, calmly cleaning out the bathroom cabinet.
What has happened to me, I thought, terrified. Am I suddenly living in some frightening version of the Stepford Writers?
If I wake up tomorrow and look great, dressed in great-looking clothes and with suddenly perfect hair, someone will have to stage an intervention.
PS. No need to worry today: my hair is all over the place and I’m dressed in an old pair of jeans and a thick and equally old sweater.
Washington Post has reviewed The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend, calling it “charmingly original”. I have never seriously considered the question of a sequel, especially since by definition, the first thing you have to do is destroy all your happy endings to create new problems for characters that have already, in my opinion, been through enough in the hands of a sadistic writer (and you have to be sadistic as a writer).
But I have to admit, the idea of a serie is surprisingly fun – especially when it comes with great suggestions such as these:
Alongside their scheme involving Sara, the readers of Broken Wheel have their own matters of the heart to attend to, including unresolved grief, unresolved child custody and unresolved sexual orientation. In fact, there’s so much material here, it might be easy for Bivald to write a sequel to this novel or spin it into a series. “The Readers of Broken Wheel” could “Celebrate,” “Demand” or “Travel” next.
Read the entire review here
In what is (objectively speaking, of course) probably the best book launching campaign ever, my publisher Sourcebooks is encouraging readers to recommend their favourite bookstore. Isn’t it great?
Anyone can nominate their favorite bookstore here. Sourcebooks will award the winning bookstore with a $3,000 prize; two additional bookstores will each receive a $637 prize. (The specific dollar figure of the second prize is a nod to the book, as 637 is the population of Bivald’s fictional Broken Wheel, Iowa.) As part of the campaign Sourcebooks will also give weekly prizes to those who submit nominations.
The campaign began January 4, and runs until February 19, when the winning bookstores will be announced.
This, of course, made me wish I had created a much larger town. Let’s give some love to all the wonderful indie bookstores out there!