Would you like to join my launch team? 🎶
Christ is risen! He is risen as He said, alleluia!
Did you know that St. Thomas Aquinas had an annual tradition on Easter of congratulating the Blessed Virgin Mary on her Son's Resurrection? Congrats, Mama!
During Holy Week, I reset a little, trying to stay off of social media and focus on being present for some of my favorite days of the liturgical year. Can't say I was fully successful, but it was a lovely week with a mix of Byzantine, Latin/Extraordinary Form, and local parish festivities. And we may have acquired a new feline friend. More on him in a later newsletter. (Should I start including cat pictures at the bottom of these emails?)
Also during Holy Week, I wrapped up my second round of revisions on Love in the Eternal City. Late, as is everything in my life right now, but done. From here until I see final page proofs, everything is in the hands of my wonderful editors. I'm proud of the work I did on this manuscript. From the very rough draft to now, I can see so much development in my style and storytelling, and I'm excited to see how my skills continue to improve as I work on the next book(s).
Now that the bulk of the revisions are done, it's launch team time!
Here's your official invitation:
Would you like to read LEC early?
If you read it and love it, you can help me by any of the following:
sharing on social media/newsletter/blog/review article
recommending it to friends and family
reviewing the book on Amazon or Goodreads after it releases
requesting that your library carry it
I'll be:
setting up a group via Facebook and also email (no worries if you don't have FB!)
sharing marketing graphics that the lovely folks at Chrism create
sending a wee gift to everyone as a thank-you — may include a pre-order discount code... ;)
other tasks as assigned
If the answer's yes and you'd like to get an advance galley, reply to this email so I have your contact info! If you want to join the Facebook group as well, pop over to this link or let me know and I can invite you directly.
And in advance...THANK YOU. I'm still finding my feet as an author, and I'm grateful for all the encouragement and excitement you all have given me. I can't wait for LEC to get out in the world!
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