During our editing and proofing stage, we let our book-baby go on sleepovers to friends’ houses, to see if it could stand on its own and fend for itself.
We sent the book out to some of our friends, who, in turn, sent it to their friends. We even asked one of the cute waiters at a restaurant we frequented if he would read the manuscript and give us his opinion. [And yes, that was an inspired way of getting a cute guy’s contact information.]
In this experiment, we solicited feedback from both men and women — people we knew and people we didn’t. At the end of it, we were not only overwhelmed by the positive feedback from everyone but by their request to share the manuscript with even more friends and family.
One person believed so strongly that everyone would benefit from this book that she wanted to buy multiple copies to give as gifts to friends and family. She even asked if there was a way to get the book into the school systems’ required reading lists.
Another wanted to buy a copy for her sister, to gently help her identify the destructive relationship into which she has fallen.
Another sent a copy to her boyfriend to read. They started using the manuscript as a communication tool to help with misunderstandings that come up between them.
If we weren’t bewitched and spellbound before these reviews came back, we were by then.
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