Henderson Smith's Blog: The Beginning... - Posts Tagged "reviews"

So, as a first-time author, it is terrifying to send your book out into the world, constantly fearing that your audience will think you an incredible idiot, who bored them to tears. Happily, so far (fingers crossed), most of you love my dear little Olive. Yes, there are typos, errors in usage, etc., but don't worry, dear reader, one day you will love them. There are only about 150 copies of my 1st edition and the second edition, sans most of the errors (we hope), will be out in the next month or two; so you will have an original that certainly does possess the aforementioned typos and errors and is a first edition. Let's be optimistic...the higher the sales, the better for you :-)

And yes, I did have 3 different friends help me edit my book. They did warn me that they kept getting lost in the story and forgot about the editing...I suppose that's actually a compliment. Just wanted to take a moment to thank you for the lovely reviews, they are wonderful.

I have to tell you that when I read one of your reviews when you say how much Olive means to you, it makes me smile - huge! Thank you for taking the time to go on the adventure with Olive and thank you for letting me know you love my ugly princess!!

I'm one of those people who rarely ask for help when they need it. Perhaps you are as well, it's a fairly common trait it seems. But, I'm going to ask for help and go against my nature because I really believe in Olive and want her to find an audience. I'm getting so many amazing reviews of my book (thank you from the bottom of my heart, dear readers!) but I'm still not selling any books. If you belong to a readers group, would you please-please-please consider nominating The Ugly Princess as one of your group reads? It would help increase Olive's exposure and just might help get her story out in the world. Thanks so much!