There’s less than a week now until Nevertell is out in the world (I make it nine days. Nine days!), which is beyond surreal. I’m excited, also a little scared, also wondering when I’m going to wake up. A lot (or what feels like a lot to me) has been happening, the brief run down being:
lots of copies of Nevertell have arrived into the hands of reviewers, bloggers and school librarians, and I’ve seen lots of gorgeous pictures popping up on social media.
I went for an amazing tea organised by Walker Books to celebrate the upcoming launch. It was in a beautiful Russian restaurant, Mari Vanna, the interior of which is what I would like my house to look like but would never in a million years be able to achieve (there was even decoration inside the toilet bowl, that’s the level of attention to detail we’re talking about). I got to meet some fantastic people, including Sandra Dieckmann who did the cover illustration for Nevertell, and who is lovely! And I even got to try the black bread that features in the story.
Last but not least, these amazing bookmarks arrived!
It’s very odd to have my quiet little life being disrupted in the best possible way with reviews, pre-launch celebrations, and bookmarks popping up. Especially after such a long time of everything bubbling away under the surface (editing, more editing, etc). Not to mention my book coming into the world in days, as opposed to weeks, or months. I’m eternally fascinated by the whole process of this journey to publication, and so grateful too. And I expect there’ll be plenty more excitement to come…