Ok, so The Gilded Shroud came out last Tuesday in the US. And I waited in all day, expecting something to happen. Here's a piece of advice: don't do that!
Nothing happened. I couldn't work, I was too excited. I sat at the PC, googling the title and rolling through links looking for something new. There wasn't anything. So then I fooled around on the net, looking at various sites for future ref on other stuff. Then I rechecked the title. Still nothing.
The thing was, I realised afterwards, all the work had gone in before. A couple of reviews had come out already, the book was on sale all over the place. Now there was nothing to do but wait for the book to get sold and for people to read it. End of story.
So I got on with my writing after that. There have been a couple more reviews, but I'm unlikely to know anything at all about sales until the first royalty statement comes in - and I have no idea when that will be. The only thing that will happen earlier, hopefully, is the next contract and that's up to my agents.
Moral? Enjoy the moment, but then forget about it and get onto the next thing. It's the same game as completing a book and starting to send it out to agents. Don't wait for replies. Start the next project. Otherwise you'll go nuts with the waiting and the disappointment when zilch happens.
All data on the book is at my website www.elizabethbailey.co.uk
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