{"id":217,"date":"2022-04-24T18:06:06","date_gmt":"2022-04-24T18:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/?p=217"},"modified":"2022-06-03T19:18:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T19:18:27","slug":"nervousness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/home\/nervousness","title":{"rendered":"Nervousness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff shariff-align-flex-start shariff-widget-align-flex-start\" data-services=\"pinterest%7Cfacebook%7Creddit\" data-url=\"https%3A%2F%2Findiebooknook.co.uk%2Fhome%2Fnervousness\" data-timestamp=\"1654283907\" data-hidezero=\"1\" data-backendurl=\"https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/shariff\/v1\/share_counts?\"><ul class=\"shariff-buttons theme-round orientation-horizontal buttonsize-small\"><li class=\"shariff-button twitter shariff-nocustomcolor\" style=\"background-color:#32bbf5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Findiebooknook.co.uk%2Fhome%2Fnervousness&text=Nervousness\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" aria-label=\"Share on Twitter\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"shariff-link\" style=\"; 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To say I&#8217;m nervous would be a grave understatement.  I&#8217;m shaking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m gonna be honest here, I&#8217;m so ridiculously scared about this launch. I&#8217;ve had positive comments about the book from the lovely&nbsp;Anne <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.immersedinbooks.com\" target=\"_blank\">(Immersed in Books)<\/a>, but I still have those little knots in my stomach which are floating up to my brain.&nbsp;<br>Having my debut book out is nerve wracking. I can barely breath when I think that in just over two months, people will be reading what I&#8217;ve written on their Kindles. I&#8217;ve always been frightened of negative feedback &#8211; my brain is hot-wired to zone in on negativity and obsess over it. But, that&#8217;s something I&#8217;m working on, and by releasing this novel, I think I am finally beginning to accept that not everyone will like it.&nbsp; It&#8217;s going to be a ridiculously difficult process, but with the support of my family, I can maybe make it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the last month, I&#8217;ve scoured the internet, seeking advice on how to promote a self-published book. <br>I&#8217;ve drafted several different press releases touting the novel, ready to email to publications around the country.  Mainly because I&#8217;ve got links around the north of England, from where I spent my childhood, the county I attended school, and the place I currently live.  <br>I&#8217;ve set up an <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Sally-Altass-Author-100925272604582\" target=\"_blank\">author profile on Facebook<\/a> and I&#8217;ve even started amassing my own Street Team (which makes me feel incredibly grandiose, even just typing that).  I&#8217;m being more active than I have been for a <em>long<\/em> time on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/barnsally\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/barnsally\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sallyaltassauthor\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Instagram <\/a>(spammy comments for those awful Instagram accounts notwithstanding), and I&#8217;ve even become <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/22367333.Sally_Altass\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Goodreads Official.<\/a>  I&#8217;ve set up a<a href=\"https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/sally-altass-author\/mailing-list\" type=\"page\" id=\"120\" class=\"broken_link\"> mailing list<\/a>, I&#8217;ve set up a new <a href=\"sallyaltassauthor@gmail.com\" type=\"URL\" id=\"sallyaltassauthor@gmail.com\" class=\"broken_link\">email address<\/a> from which I&#8217;ll send out any new correspondence.   But so far, my only subscribers are, well, myself.  Which is, well.  It doesn&#8217;t feel particularly optimistic.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All my life I&#8217;ve tried to be a glass half empty type of person.  If you expect the worst, you can never be disappointed.  But I&#8217;ve always secretly been a glass half full.  I get excited about stuff, I expect the best, even while some part is telling me not to.   I&#8217;ve been trying my absolute hardest not to check the pre-orders tab on my Amazon Author Dashboard, even when knowing that I do and it&#8217;s still at &#8216;6&#8217; that my heart will sink.  The first few days after the book went on sale, I was gobsmacked and stunned that I&#8217;d had 6 pre-orders already, but almost 3 weeks on, it&#8217;s still at the same figure.  Does that mean I&#8217;ve failed already?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-rounded\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-24-at-18.19.39-1024x305.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-218\" width=\"840\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-24-at-18.19.39-1024x305.png 1024w, https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-24-at-18.19.39-300x89.png 300w, https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-24-at-18.19.39-768x229.png 768w, https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-24-at-18.19.39-1536x457.png 1536w, https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-24-at-18.19.39-2048x610.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>My Preorders, static at 6. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I mean, I know that&#8217;s completely irrational.  I <em><strong>know<\/strong><\/em> that.  I&#8217;m ridiculously happy that I&#8217;ve even pre-sold <em><strong>one<\/strong><\/em> book, and that I&#8217;ve got <em><strong>one<\/strong><\/em> positive review.  It&#8217;s waaaaaay more than I could have ever dreamed of, and that secret glass half full side of myself is dancing in the street, right now.  It&#8217;s that other side, the side I&#8217;ve been told to portray to the world that is wilting in strange disappointment.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/The-Witch-Laws-Kindle-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-117\" width=\"287\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/The-Witch-Laws-Kindle-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/The-Witch-Laws-Kindle-642x1024.jpg 642w, https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/The-Witch-Laws-Kindle-768x1226.jpg 768w, https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/The-Witch-Laws-Kindle-962x1536.jpg 962w, https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/The-Witch-Laws-Kindle-1283x2048.jpg 1283w, https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/The-Witch-Laws-Kindle-600x958.jpg 600w, https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/The-Witch-Laws-Kindle.jpg 1604w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><figcaption>My beautiful book cover. <br>\u00a9 Sally Altass, 2022. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>When I was a kid, I was told that to be proud of myself was to be big headed, unattractive and vain.  If even five year old me expressed the opinion that I thought I looked pretty, I would be sneered at by my parents and be told that I thought too much of myself.  If I expressed pleasure at an exam result, I would be mocked for being too brainy.  I was kept down at heel, never allowed to be happy with myself.  Made to believe that I had no talent, was ugly and would never exceed at anything.  As an adult, it&#8217;s not easy reconciling with the fact that, you know what, I <em><strong>am<\/strong><\/em><strong> <\/strong>happy with this book.  I think it&#8217;s decent, that the plot is interesting and the characters engaging.  I&#8217;m happy with the cover, which I designed on Canva.  I&#8217;m happy with the maps &#8211; which I hand drew and then managed to translate to digital by myself.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/CA24D53E-55B9-4848-90A3-248B080D084E-231x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-220\" width=\"363\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/CA24D53E-55B9-4848-90A3-248B080D084E-231x300.jpeg 231w, https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/CA24D53E-55B9-4848-90A3-248B080D084E-788x1024.jpeg 788w, https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/CA24D53E-55B9-4848-90A3-248B080D084E-768x999.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/CA24D53E-55B9-4848-90A3-248B080D084E-1181x1536.jpeg 1181w, https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/CA24D53E-55B9-4848-90A3-248B080D084E-1575x2048.jpeg 1575w, https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/CA24D53E-55B9-4848-90A3-248B080D084E-scaled.jpeg 1969w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><figcaption>Made with <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/inkarnate.com\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"inkarnate.com\" target=\"_blank\">Inkarnate.com<\/a>, the map of the world of The Witch Laws, which I&#8217;m really proud of.<br>\u00a9 Sally Altass 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/7A979147-88BF-4165-B807-BFDB709EF973-300x206.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-221\" width=\"382\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/7A979147-88BF-4165-B807-BFDB709EF973-300x206.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/7A979147-88BF-4165-B807-BFDB709EF973-768x528.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/7A979147-88BF-4165-B807-BFDB709EF973.jpeg 945w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><figcaption>My hand drawn version of the world (north).  <br>\u00a9 Sally Altass, 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/8ACE00FD-1611-4BB5-A793-FD19D03D146E-300x228.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-223\" width=\"394\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/8ACE00FD-1611-4BB5-A793-FD19D03D146E-300x228.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/8ACE00FD-1611-4BB5-A793-FD19D03D146E-768x584.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/8ACE00FD-1611-4BB5-A793-FD19D03D146E.jpeg 936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><figcaption>My hand drawn version of the world (south).  <br>\u00a9 Sally Altass, 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The problem is, is that I feel embarrassed by stating I&#8217;m happy and pretty proud of the book cover, maps and contents.  That&#8217;s where my issue lies.  I&#8217;ve not sent out any of the press releases, because I&#8217;m embarrassed that I&#8217;m promoting myself.  I need to get over that hurdle.  I need to get over the embarrassment of promoting the book.  <em>That&#8217;s <\/em>why it&#8217;s not had any more pre-orders since that first week.  Because I&#8217;ve not been posting almost half enough as much as I should be doing at this point.  All because of a misplaced embarrassment and feeling of shameful guilt for being proud of something I&#8217;ve created.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, that ends now.  The embarrassment.  The shame.  It stops now.  <br>This book is a <em>good<\/em> book!  I should be proud of it, and from now on, I damn well will be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sally.  <br><\/p>\n<div class=\"shariff shariff-align-flex-start shariff-widget-align-flex-start\" data-services=\"pinterest%7Cfacebook%7Creddit\" data-url=\"https%3A%2F%2Findiebooknook.co.uk%2Fhome%2Fnervousness\" data-timestamp=\"1654283907\" data-hidezero=\"1\" data-backendurl=\"https:\/\/indiebooknook.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/shariff\/v1\/share_counts?\"><ul class=\"shariff-buttons theme-round orientation-horizontal buttonsize-small\"><li class=\"shariff-button twitter shariff-nocustomcolor\" style=\"background-color:#32bbf5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Findiebooknook.co.uk%2Fhome%2Fnervousness&text=Nervousness\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" aria-label=\"Share on Twitter\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"shariff-link\" style=\"; background-color:#55acee; color:#fff\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"shariff-icon\" style=\"\"><svg width=\"32px\" height=\"20px\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 30 32\"><path fill=\"#55acee\" d=\"M29.7 6.8q-1.2 1.8-3 3.1 0 0.3 0 0.8 0 2.5-0.7 4.9t-2.2 4.7-3.5 4-4.9 2.8-6.1 1q-5.1 0-9.3-2.7 0.6 0.1 1.5 0.1 4.3 0 7.6-2.6-2-0.1-3.5-1.2t-2.2-3q0.6 0.1 1.1 0.1 0.8 0 1.6-0.2-2.1-0.4-3.5-2.1t-1.4-3.9v-0.1q1.3 0.7 2.8 0.8-1.2-0.8-2-2.2t-0.7-2.9q0-1.7 0.8-3.1 2.3 2.8 5.5 4.5t7 1.9q-0.2-0.7-0.2-1.4 0-2.5 1.8-4.3t4.3-1.8q2.7 0 4.5 1.9 2.1-0.4 3.9-1.5-0.7 2.2-2.7 3.4 1.8-0.2 3.5-0.9z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"shariff-button pinterest shariff-nocustomcolor\" style=\"background-color:#e70f18\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Findiebooknook.co.uk%2Fhome%2Fnervousness&media=https%3A%2F%2Findiebooknook.co.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F04%2FThe-Witch-Laws-Kindle.jpg&description=Nervousness\" title=\"Pin it on Pinterest\" aria-label=\"Pin it on Pinterest\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"shariff-link\" style=\"; 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