Fanfare! Publication Day

[Colin Mulhern]

Hi all, I'm a day late in posting this as yesterday was the publication day for Buttercup Sunshine, my zombie horror-fest for younger readers. I decided not to have a book launch for this and never really told anyone why. Anyway, did a Youtube blog, had a couple of false starts trying to sound upbeat and positive, then started over. This time, I just let the camera roll and went for it without a plan. I was going to delete what came out, but then I thought about what a book launch should really be about - essentially, the honest story of how the book came about.

I'm doing a few vids to build up to NaNoWriMo after this (I think all writers, published or not should have a go at NaNo, even if, like me, you crash after seven days ), so if you want to catch them, hit the subscribe button.

Keep writing everyone. Keep the words flowing.

 

[Katie-Ellen]

God bless Matthew. That's so lovely, Colin, and so wise, that there is an unexplored readership niche here, and that as a story teller you can still be writing for Matthew in writing for other young people who might enjoy the same things he liked. I'll go and check it out.

 

[Amber]

Awesome! I like the tiny lamp and the minimalist look to your work area. I like the covers. You're very upbeat and compelling in the video. I imagine you do miss him a lot. I'm sorry. I imagine lots of things won't ever be the same.

I don't know if you're interested but a local group is doing an anthology where all the protagonists are disabled and heroes. This is the link:

Disabled Heroes

I like movie references but it's true that I don't always get them. I get how you could put them in there for fun.

 

[Katie-Ellen]

@Amber said - I like the covers

Me too. Is there a sample people could look at before buying, Colin...as with the Amazon 'Look Inside' option?

 

[Emily]

That's fantastic Colin, congratulations! I know my kids would love Buttercup Sunshine (ticks all the boxes! And my older boys read a lot to the younger ones and will greatly appreciate the movie references and jokes) I have it down on our Christmas-books list, looking forward to having a read myself

RIP Matthew, I cannot imagine how difficult that must be.

 

[Lex Black]

Congratulations!

 

[Robinne Weiss]

Congratulations, Colin! A lovely alternative to a book launch. So sorry for your loss.

 

[Colin Mulhern]

Thanks all, kind words. It's a tough decision - I don't want to use my son's death as a promotional tool, because that feels horrible, but at the same time it's difficult to talk about the book without Matthew.

 

[Colin Mulhern]

@Amber said - I like the covers

Me too. Is there a sample people could look at before buying, Colin...as with the Amazon 'Look Inside' option?

Oh, just realised there isn't a Look Inside feature. I can help with that - I've got another video of chapter one, showing the pictures as they appear in the book.

 

[Katie-Ellen]

Chainsaw. Petrol. LOL.

Hey, this is punk!

 

[Emurelda]

Congratulations.

 

[Marc Joan]

Congrats, and good luck! So sorry re Matthew. Well done for staying strong & keeping writing.