Hello,

You all know I’m getting the first Owen Story novel out so it’s a number of things I have to do to make sure its successful. I want to do all the right things: get the word out by mentioning it on the blog, distributing postcards that give a little taste of the book hoping people will want more and I’m doing press kits; you know informational packets about the book and a little about myself. Doing these things is great; I have only one--not problem--but issue I’ll have to deal with in the first week of October; its regarding the press kits. Inside the kit, I have to also include a photo of myself and even though it's something I need to do, it still leaves me cold. I’ve read all the information I can on making a proper press kit and unfortunately not one has said a photograph of the author is not necessary. So the other day I set up an appointment with a photographer who appears to be a very good one in the hope he can make me look—I don’t know—better? More intelligent? The type of person you can trust who writes terrific novels you just have to read? All of this of course.

I hope my photographer is a magician and that he can get a good photograph out of me to add to my press kit and though I’m making a slight joke out of this because I --like a number of people—hate taking pictures, I will take my session seriously and do the best I can because bottom line: its for the good of the novel. I need the picture as part of a nice press kit introducing us (the novel and myself) to garner interviews to promote You Don’t Know Me; it’s all I’m after. So if I have to smile from here to kingdom come while someone snaps away then so be it, my press kits will be done and sent out, the postcards announcing the books arrival on every doorstep then the book sent to Lulu for publishing and then we’ll see. Write something good.

If you have any comments or suggestions I have a new e-mail address at: mathewsla@hotmail.com

Until next time, God willing,

Lori