It’s been a long time project. With doubts and fears along the way. But it’s finally done. And it’s surreal.
This story is one of my favourite as a child. We didn’t have a lot of money when I was growing up so books weren’t a regular in our household. But Mama is a full storage of tales and she used to tell us this one story over and over again. It was on repeat because it was our favourite tale. Mama said our grandparents used to tell them tales in instalment basis, each instalment with a corresponding chore to finish (e.g. farming, cleaning, cooking, chopping wood, separating rice grains etc). Knowing this just emphasises how affluent our kids are eh?
But I digress.
I initially wanted to just print five copies, just for the family and some friends. But being part of this community of bloggers opened up something else for me. Thanks to Brenda for introducing me to this community during the ABC conference and showing me that the possibilities are endless in this blogging world. It’s been a great experience.
So I took a risk and approached some companies to see if they’d want to be a part of this little project. KleenexMums jumped in and helped with the initial printing of the copies. Melissa has been a gem to work with, amazing! She will be hosting the giveaway for this book so watch out for that!
I only have a couple of copies with me to sell and the rest will be on Creaspace very soon. And since I couldn’t figure out how to install a good e-shop plugin here, I’m doing it old school. Check out the details on my sidebar and order by clicking the photo (thanks to Samelia’s Mum!).
Thank you to the bloggers who have extended their help with my book too. I’ve had an amazing response to this. Mind blowing really. Even the ones who couldn’t do it on their blogs extended their help. Amazing people you guys.
And if any of you want to pick my brain on how you can do something similar for your books, let me know. I’d be more than happy to help.
Thank you to:
Glowless from Where’s My Glow?
Tina from Tina Gray dot me
Eden from Edenriley
Allison from Life in Pink Fibro
Trish from My Little Drummer boys
Zoey from Good googs
Megan from Writing out Loud
Bron from Maxabella
Mrs W from Woogsworld
Kym from Mummas Minimes
Nicole Avery from Planning with Kids
Lori from RRSAHM
Jackie from My Little Bookcase
Angela from Bug in a book
Sarah from Ah the Possibilities
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Hey that’s exciting news Kristyn! That must have been a lot of hours of hard yakka….Nice one!
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Thanks K! It was on and off so wasn’t that bad
oh wow, how exciting! That is awesome, and goes to show what you can do when you allow yourself to step out a little. Well done, and congratulations.
Thanks Lisa! I hope others get to do the same too
Yea I hope, too
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Woohooo!!!! It’s out! Well done Kristyn. You a smart chook!
Love & stuff
Mrs M
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Thanks for your support Maria, as always
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Congratulations Kristyn! I really like how it is a story from your childhood. Well done!
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Thanks Laney! Hopefully people buy it
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Blown away, lovely K..congratulations…I bow to your authorship..XX
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Awww thank you D, always so supportive!
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Thanks for the lovely comments Kristyn!
I/Kleenex Mums is proud to be a part of it. It’s a great book: my boys are enthralled by it and I enjoy reading it to them. Our giveaway will kick off on later this week, but everyone should go out and buy it first
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Thank you so much for all your help and support Melissa, so grateful!
MummyK recently posted..The Dragon and the Lizard book launch
Good on you! That’s very inspiring! I love the story of your mama telling you stories as a child, I relate to that very much. I’m so glad you found support for this.
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Thanks! Looking forward to learning all the other original tales from them when I go home
MummyK recently posted..The Dragon and the Lizard book launch
Congratulations!!! Super exciting to see your work in print.
In case you’re interested, a good (free / cheap) ecommerce site, which I use, is big cartel.
Thanks for that, I’ll check it out! It’s all been too confusing for me
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This is AWESOME ! Just awesome. That is all.
x
Oh, and off to buy my copy
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Yay and see you tomorrow!!!
Squeeee! So exciting Kristyn! Off to buy mine now. I can’t wait to read it. I’m a picture book addict!
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Got it! Sending it tomorrow, thank you so much and I hope you enjoy it! You are always so supportive, thank you
Woohoo!! It is so great, so glad you shared it with everyone, all your hard work has been worth it!
Thank you so much for your support Kym!! I so appreciate it!
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WOW!! That is SO exciting! Well done Kristyn.
xx
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Thanks Sara! Sold three books and I’m over the moon!
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Good on you Kirstyn – that’s just wonderful. Just goes to show that if you believe in yourself then you can do anything. Following ou via Flog Your Blog Friday and for evermore!
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Thanks for following Di! and I hope people get inspired to do their own projects too
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Well done! I’ve only just joined the blogosphere (not quite a month ago) so this is the first I hear about your book. Great to hear about how supportive the others have been. Well done again on achieving such a tremendous task!
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Hey Anna, thanks for dropping by and welcome to the blogging community! We don’t bite
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How truly exciting and well done! Your parents sound like me. When the boys were younger we would take turns in weaving our night tales. Each family member had a maximum of 7 nights of 30 minute installments to complete their adventure. I started to blog one of mine but then dropped the ball as life intervened.
I am now on this journey of illustrated book publishing too, but not for me.
It is my 13 year old son who has woven his own words and now we are talking baby stes towards getting it published. *Sigh* – beaten to the finish by my own son. He is lucky I am so damn proud of him or else I might have had to stomp my foot and throw a tanty.
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Wow, your 13 yr old?! That is amazing! Well done!! If you ever need to brainstorm I am open and willing. Congratulations to him!
And work on yours bit by bit too, you never know
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Thanks for the welcome. Really enjoying it.
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Well done!
Hey Fi!!! Thanks for dropping by! And thank you!
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Oh my! Such great news Kristyn =), big congrats to you. Hope you get lots of sales, fingers crossed for you!
Thanks so much Julie! It’s been surreal and fantastic
Wonderful artwork on the cover, good luck on your sales.
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A perfect example of how a community works! Good luck with your book.
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Thanks Alli! Great support system
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