You may not know it, but
I’ve been holding back.
Since I started writing my
blog last May I have been wanting to tell you about the two books I wrote while
living in my beloved Italy
However I’m putting it out
there now. The reason I’m writing a blog
is threefold:
1) I love to write.
2) The discipline of writing and posting quickly is akin
to writing aerobics.
3) I want to
build a potential audience for my books so when I finally get face-to-face with
a literary agent or publisher I can say “I have had xxxxxxx readers visit my
blog”.
On each of those fronts the blog is on track. I’m a little behind however in that:
1) I need to get my manuscript out to more agents…
2) …and I want the blog readership to peak by the anniversary
of starting.
That’s where I need you. If you like reading my little stories then
please introduce your favourite posts to someone new so that I can be sure to reach
10,000 visitors by May.
You can give out the long
link: http://theresalwaysastoryjulieemullins.blogspot.co.uk/ Or the quick snappy one which my great
friend, Felice Arena , a successful
children’s author and performer in his own right, kindly set up for me: blogjulie.com
The figure is random… one
day I’d like to be able to say 100,000… but as a kick-start 10,000 just sounds
better than 7,000, doesn’t it?
And as I’m gearing up now to
get my first manuscript onto more desks… it buoys me to know I have my blog project
in the background, keeping my wheels turning as a writer and my potential
audience growing.
My books, by the way, are
travel stories – the story and sequel of my first year landing and living on my
own in the paradise we know as Tuscany and Umbria
And that’s the challenge, to
find an agent and publisher who will allow me to express my own voice in its
truest form – who believes there are readers out there for stories which flip
back and forward between humorous Bridget Jones episodes and more thoughtful,
intellectual considerations. I think
it’s more true to life. It’s certainly
true to me. And I know lots of women
with the capacity for both. So if you
agree, watch this space…
The first book’s (working)
title is Wild Woman Don’t Get the Blues,
referencing an old jazz song I love and suggesting the pursuit of personal
fulfilment, liberty and maybe a little wildness is the best way to avoid
staying down after life has put you through the wringer.
So, thankyou for visiting There’s Always A Story!
I don’t know how I found
readers in countries as diverse as the UK, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand,
Italy, France, Germany, Brazil, Russia, Ukraine, China, Philippines, Taiwan,
United Arab Emirates, Sweden, and sometimes even Africa or Borneo… but, with future help from a
social media advisor, and possibly some blogging partnerships, I hope soon to
bring you more…
xxx
