There are some things about becoming an author that I hadn’t given a lot of thought to. I was mostly focused on the writing and book production, then sales and marketing, to get the story out to people.<\/p>\n
On Saturday evening, some friends threw me a wonderful book launch party here at my home obedience school, All Breed Obedience in Woodbury, Minnesota. People who I have worked with, trained dogs with, and cared for rescued dogs in Louisiana with came. Ironically, neither of the two women who organized the party has a dog at the moment!<\/p>\n
There was a bountiful spread of fruits, veggies, cheese and crackers, wine, champagne, and a special cake. It was fun to relax, enjoy some great food,\u00c2\u00a0and be surrounded by such wonderful people. I tried out my new book displays and had a table spread with books. It started to feel real!<\/p>\n
Michael of All Breed had advised me to read from the most heartfelt parts of the book. But when I tried doing this at\u00c2\u00a0home, I realized that it was difficult to get through reading some of the passages out loud. So I joked that I had chosen the most mundane and unemotional passages to read, that I was going to read for 2 hours, and that everyone should make themselves comfortable because once I started, nobody was leaving! Really, I chose a few passages from throughout the book and read for 30 minutes or so. It seemed to go over well and was a fun experience for me. Once or twice when I looked up, I caught the eye of someone who was crying. I was trying to hold it together\u00c2\u00a0to complete each passage, so I kept my eyes focused on the book.<\/p>\n
On the cattle dog lists last week, one woman (who obviously hasn’t met me) mentioned that she thinks I’m “a goddess”.\u00c2\u00a0Before my head could swell up too much, I was reprimanded on another list just for mentioning the book. Apparently\u00c2\u00a0the book\u00c2\u00a0was too commercial for that list, even though $5 per books sold at the described event will be given to cattle dog rescue.<\/p>\n
After the book launch party, a few of us went out for a drink. I mentioned that I needed to get home before long to let the dogs out.\u00c2\u00a0Lo and behold, I waited too long and had a bit of a mess to clean up when I got home. So, you see I have been achieving balance in my life. Whenever someone thinks to put me up on a pedestal, I end up having to clean up dog poop, or something similar. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
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