Another Burst of Energy

I guess I have to apologize to Katherine… again…

I seem to be having some type of energy spurt today — well, for the last couple of days, weeks, months — regarding this writing project of ours.  I’ve been bombarding her email box with one idea after another…followed by updates and revisions…

The first idea that came to mind was to email Dr. Gail Saltz.  Gail Saltz, MD (http://www.drgailsaltz.com/index.html) specializes in mental health, sex, and relationship issues.  She has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Today Show, Anderson Cooper 360, and The View among others, and is a contributor to iVillage.com and A&E’s Biography program.

I came to “know” her through watching the Today Show.  I decided to reach out to her, to see if she can give us some guidance or suggestions regarding getting our materials out to the public.

I know what I was asking of her is out of her expertise, but it was worth a try.  I didn’t really expect a reply, so you can imagine how surprised I was when she emailed me back within a week!

She was very kind, supportive, and encouraging.  She said that the feedback we are hearing from agents and publishers is pretty much what everyone is hearing at this point. She isn’t sure what she could really do to help.  Because of the way things are, even a quote from her isn’t going to do anything as far as selling our book. But she did say that, as a publisher, she thought we are in a better position than many.

One suggestion she had is to consider doing our book as an e-book.  She said that avenue is becoming quite popular, costs less, and might be something to look into.  She wished us the best of luck and hopes we can see our project to print.

Another very nice encouraging letter of hope!

That added to my energy burst.  Now, I’m searching around for more “celebrities” to reach out to…

Then, Ellen DeGeneres popped back into my head.  I thought I’ll give her another try…

I found her Fan Mail mailing address and am preparing a snail-mail letter to her.  We’ll see how that is received.

I also saw that she’s just announced that she's starting a brand new record label called eleveneleven -- and she's always looking for new talent.  Although we aren’t quite appropriate for a record label, that avenue does allow us to send links to videos, so maybe she’ll look at our audio/video pieces… and Katherine is a professional vocalist/musician…

It’s worth a try.

Another thing that is adding to my renewed focus is that one of our “testers” for the children’s book emailed me back and said that she thought the book was great.  She said that she really liked how explicit Billy's emotions were. She thought that kids will connect with the fact that he has anxiety, regrets, excitement, etc.

So, yeah…encouraging and positive feedback will always get me moving again…


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