Sheep No More

Everything in the news justifies the existence of my project, but I'm not going to comment on any of that today, but will instead talk about my uphill battle to get SNM out of the starting blocks.

Without a publishing deal, I've only my own efforts to call upon, and any time I can afford to spend pursing ideas / making enquiries etc, has to come after making a living, and on that front the Gods have been playing tricks on me of late. Since the banking crisis hit in 2007, business has been to say the least, quiet. For the first four months of 2012 it was dire, but that allowed me to utilise the time instead, preparing the book for publication and uploading it etc. On May 1st, just as I was planning on getting to grips with the matter of promotion, something strange happened on the conventional work front. It lit up, and work began to pour in, almost like the good old days, and without my having made the slightest effort to go looking for it. And because my workload had been slow and for so long, with the inevitable consequence that family finances have taken a hammering, I've had no choice other than to buckle down and get jobs out. Its been difficult to do so, because that's not where my head is at, me wanting to concentrate on the book, and in my dreams, ram a copy of it up David Cameron's nose!

I am where I am, and will shortly have to go to my workshop and carve silver and gold all day long. Despite long hours at the workbench, I've been writing a document full of  'prompts' to call upon when I do get to promote the project. I've also got some pretty good (if I say so myself) letters of introduction off to people in the public eye and who I admire, they being constructive by nature and who're likely to 'get it'. The website has been knocked into shape for now at least, although I accept that it needs to be less 'wordy' and contain more artwork etc to make it more appealing. And I have started to wonder as to whether or not, finding a good literary agent may not be a sensible move? Perhaps someone that knows their way around the publishing industry and its promotional methods would be useful to have on board?

I'm away to my bench now and will continue churning it all over, as I do all of my waking hours. Sure could use a holiday! To be continued...