Tomorrow I’m going to have to be all professional about it so I’m allowing myself a yelp or two today because I’ve just got my formatted copies of On A Lee Shore. I wasn’t sure whether it would happen or not because I didn’t get the proofs until Monday evening and 110K is a hellacious amount to read aloud! But – I did it and the book is formatted into all the different necessary files and ready to go. I just need a blurb to go with it!
Over the next few days I’ll be visiting various blogs and will be offering a copy of the book to a commenter whose name I will pick in the usual fashion – bits of paper picked with eyes closed from whichever hat I feel most appropriate. At the moment I have a choice between a tricorn, a WW2 tin helmet, a Norman ‘nasal’ helm and a beanie. I’ll try not to use the beanie because that’s boring!
Elin Gregory 
Ooh!!! Fabulous news. š Use the Norman helmet with the nose guard. Cool. Can I put book on my blog then??? Can I Can I Can I? š
Nasal helmet it is then š
And yes, PLEASE blog about it. š That would be brill. Tomorrow I can let you have blurb and buy links but for now all I’ve got is the cover. Pretty cover tho’
Congratulations – what’s the book about?
English naval lieutenant down on his luck works as a valet to a travelling diplomat and is forced on board a pirate ship where he finds himself both drawn to and appalled by the captain – very gradually because they do a lot of pirating as well. I had my fun writing it. I hope people enjoy reading it too.
I’m super excited! Also, I hope you don’t write blurbs like I do–that always delays things for two weeks for me because I’m terrible at them and have to ask a bunch of people for help.
Ah, Etopia make you write 2 blurbs, a long one and a short one, when you sign the contract and fill in the form about the cover. I’m just waiting for the version they have decided upon now.
And thanks – I’m more worried than excited, but I’ll get there.:)
Very cool! Tomorrow can’t get here fast enough! š
Gorgeous cover! Congratulations and celebrations!!! xxx
WooHoo! You know, I just noticed that sexy little smirk on the pirate’s face…. š
Belated squee from over here!