So much has gone on that it's difficult to catch my breath. Anyway, PPP has launched as an e-book on Amazon worldwide. Thanks to my marketing campaign and lots of love and trust from friends and family, it broke #1 Best Seller in several social policy and sociology categories.
For the record, I note my official response to that achievement as follows:
"It's not a harvest. It signifies a successful seeding of the field. It means that my book is in the hands of people who know, love and trust me and they get to read what I have written. The real test is whether the seeds will grow. It depends a lot on how my readers like what they read and if they would recommend it to others... and so on. Even if the seeds don't take root, they are still people I can ask for honest feedback about what they didn't like, and what I could have done better. And that will put me in a stronger position to write another book -- which I'm already starting to think about."
In the meantime, based on the fact that I have actually got some people to pay for something of mine, I've taken my first baby steps as an entrepreneur. Most importantly, I have a product I believe in that I'm proud to sell, and maybe that makes all the difference.
And now I'm working on my print book launch with a lot of help from the fam. Have to brace myself 'cos while I asked for it, I'm also scared of being the centre of attention, a position I've been avoiding for decades. Childhood trauma of constantly going 'look at me!!!', then realising there was nothing worth looking at after all.
Well, I really hope PPP is something to look at. If not, I'll have to learn and write something better next time.
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