Comments Addison Fox says: Vivi: This is awesome!!!!!!! HAPPY RELEASE DAY!!!!!!!! I can’t wait to read it! Addison Thanks, Addison. Your debut is releasing soon, too, isn’t it? Are you counting the days yet? Addison Fox says: Oh absolutely! It comes out March 2 and each month on the 2nd I do a small happy dance that I’m one month closer!!!  Elisa Beatty says: Ah, Vivi! How wonderful! I’ll be ordering my copy ASAP!! (And looking for it on the shelves!) Thanks, Elisa. If you see it on the shelves, you might wanna snap a pic. There could be a reward in it for you. I’m considering offering bribes to people who can provide evidentiary proof that I haven’t hallucinated the last year and a half and this really is happening. Vivi, one of my blog mates, Kimberly Lang, writes for Harlequin Modern Heat. Their books release first in the UK, Australia, and such, then release here months later. So when her first paper baby came out, she couldn’t get her hands on it. We held a contest on the blog for people to send in pictures of it on the shelves in the UK! So at least she got to SEE it, even if she couldn’t HOLD it. Whoo-hoo, Vivi! Congratulations. I’m not going to pinch you, but I will give you a big cyber hug! Congrats Viv! And that cover is to die for. I’ve read and reviewed Carolina Wolf and I’m really looking forward to the other stories. My master plan is to buy a copy and somehow get Sela, you and MK to sign it! Misty too, if I ever meet her. I loved Carolina Wolf. And the other stories in the anthology, Paramatch.com & Witches Anonymous. I’m lucky to be in such good company. I get to pimp the book with complete sincerity. Congratulations, Vivi. That’s so exciting. Oddly enough, I’ve never really considered how I’ll feel on the day of my first release. I’ve always been too focused on imagining the moment I get the call. I had a short story published this past May by The New Love Stories magazine. Just seeing that on the shelves was a big deal for me. You’re one ahead of me, Laurie. You’ve held that magazine in your hands and seen your name in touchable print! Congrats! Addison Fox says: Laurie: Congratulations on the short story release! And to Vivi’s point – how wonderful to hold it in your hands. Addison  Diana Layne says: Hurray, Vivi! and that cover is AWESOME, FABULOUS, MARVELOUS! And I don’t even like shoes!! (aka Barefoot Ruby here, lol). Hey! I don’t know where you can get them but if you scrounge up some “autographed” stickers, go in the B&N and sign those books! And put the autograph stickers on the outside, it definitely makes readers notice. I know OKRWA has some sort of stickers they put on their authors books–”local author” or something. The members have the stickers and when they go to the bookstore, they sticker for all the authors. I don’t know where you find them but maybe you can make your own “autograph” stickers for today. Ooh, good call, Diana. I definitely need to get some of those stickers.  Tamara Hogan says: Congratulations, Vivi! Yes, it’s a real book, with an absolutely rockin’ cover. You must be thrilled. Being my first book’s release date is far enough out yet that it’s still being referred to by season and year (Spring 2011), I haven’t thought about what I’ll do on the actual date the book is released! I imagine a bricks and mortar bookstore, a camera, and me holding my book wearing a Velveeta cheese grin will be involved. I am indeed thrilled, with a Velveeta grin of my own. For everyone who has commented on the AMAZING cover, I can only pass those accolades on to our fabulous cover artist Natalie Winters, rockstar-goddess.  Shea Berkley says: Red letter day! Congratulations, Vivi. Your excitement is infectious. I can’t wait to find a copy now. May your sales skyrocket. If ever I’m in your shoes, I’ll take every copy off the shelf and arrange them around my prone body and wait for people to trip over me and then, once I’ve got my fingers around their ankles in a death grip, I’ll hand them a book and say, “Please read this. Please. Please.” Does that smack of desperation? Wow. Reduced to clinging desperation. I love it. I’ll have to pick a spot with a lot of traffic where I’ll be tripped over repeatedly. Shea Berkley says: I know. I’m pathetic. But since I know I’m pathetic, I think it might work for me. Go for it. Wholeheartedly. People only think you’re weird if you hesitate. Be shameless! Be bold! Sell those books!  Darynda Jones says: LOL! What a picture you paint, Shea! Can I film it? Shea Berkley says: You think I’m joking, but I’m not. It’ll be like performance art. Art within art. And yes, you can film it if I ever manage to sell something. I’ll be fun. Shea Berkley says: Should read “It’ll be fun”, but I’ll have fun too. Awesome, Vivi!!!! I’m so excited for you. And, as always, the cover is great! My group of writing friends has a little ritual when books hit the shelves. We text each other when we finally see it. And we must get pictures of the author in the store holding their book. So much fun! Get one of the employees to take your picture! And if they don’t have it out, ask them when it will be on the shelves. That’s a great way to start a conversation and introduce yourself as the author. Never too early to make friends with your nearest bookstore!!!  Elise Hayes says: Ohhhh, I love this, Danniele! Vivi, you should definitely get one of the bookstore folks to take a picture of you holding the book. It will do a lot for you: 1) it will spread your excitement about the release to the bookstore employees (I think it would be a real treat to help someone celebrate the first time they see their book in print) and 2) you can then go home and FRAME THE PICTURE. Hang it next to your computer where you write, so that the next time you bang your head against the screen, you can look up at the wall and be inspired to continue. Yay, Vivi! Oooh, I love this idea too! But does that mean I have to look cute when I go to the bookstore? It’s one thing to put on something other than PJs to leave the house, but making myself photo-worthy is a whole nother level of effort. T-minus 104 minutes til B&N opens! Elise Hayes says: Nope, you don’t have to look glamorous. You’re going for writerly. I think that means pajama bottoms and a slouchy sweater, although if I were you I probably would splurge and put in my contact lenses, if you wear them (I just hate pictures taken with my glasses, even though I mostly write in glasses…)  Laurie DeSalvo says: Congrats, Vivi! I love the cover  Liz Talley says: Congrats, Vivi!!! Yay!!! I think the cover is fabulous! I know you can’t wait to see it…on the shelf….eeeekkkk! I will definitely take a pic and email you if I catch it at our local store. As for what you should do to mark this occasion – get a piece of jewelry. Doesn’t have to be expensive. A bracelet, a charm, something that everytime you look at it, you will remember this day. Celebrate, sister! Shea Berkley says: Oooo. I love, love, love this idea. It could even be a little figurine that you put on your desk for inspiration. Nice idea, Liz. Congratulations, Vivi! It’s a beautiful book. I have my copy right here – and someday, I’ll get you to sign it. Congrats on the print release, Vivi! What an exciting milestone in your career! With that awesome cover I know it will fly off the shelves. I tend to be way too shy for my own good, so I’ll have to get over that before I have a book in the stores–at least enough to stand by my copies holding a sign that says, “Will work for book sales.” Or something like that. W00t, Vivi! What a beautiful cover and what an exciting day. Enjoy the B&N moment and definitely get a pic. Congratulations, Vivi! This is so exciting…I will look for the book the next time I’m in Borders Darynda Jones says: Congrats, Vivi!!! Love the cover so much! I just downloaded three of yours onto my NEW Kindle! Squee!!! How exciting. I am so thrilled for you! Yay, Vivi!!!! So completely excited for you! Make sure you definitely get a picture of you and the book. Can’t wait to see how big the grin is! My B&N trip has been postponed. I realized as I was gathering stuff to head out the door that I left my camera at my sister’s on Thanksgiving. I’m delaying my gratification until I can immortalize the moment… which means waiting for my sis to get home from work. But I’ll definitely have a big ole grin when I do get a snapshot. Thanks, Kim! Congrats, Vivi! That’s awesome. And I have to agree with Laurie. I’ve daydreamed to no end about the call, but the release day is too distant. Literally undreamed of…yet. Congratulations, Vivi! What an absolutely perfect cover. It’s going to fly off the shelves!!  rita says: Happy Release day and mega congrats Congrats on your book in print. YEA RWA confirms receipt of my GH entry as of 12/1/09 Whew!  Kate Parker says: Congrats, Vivi. This day will be indelibly marked in your memory. Thanks to everyone who shared my release day with me today! May it be just one of many for the Rubies and our faithful commenters. Ah, Hon. I’m so sorry I’m late. (He** week at work) I’m so freakin excited for you. You know I’ll be checkin out B & N here. If I see the book, which I will ask for, I’ll take pictures and sent it to you. You’ll have pic of book on shelf in PA . Your readers will expand the continent. You’ll be widely read. (((HUGS)))
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WooHOOO! Congratulations, Vivi!! I have not dared to dream about “that shining day,” so will say only I’d take some me time (I could so use a massage—and about ten hours sleep) or call friends and let them take me to lunch!
Whatever you decide to do (like stand outside B&N and tell people about the wonderful new book you’ve discovered!) enjoy it. Firsts are precious.
Back to work for me…..
LOL. Thanks, Gwynlyn. I doubt I’ll go the B&N stalker route, though the idea is surprisingly tempting.