Frustrated. I should have been focusing on getting out these mailers to school librarians for my book. Now I realize, that with my surgery on the 17th — Google “Inspire device”, it’s gonna help with my sleep apnea — it’ll be the last week of May before I could even think of doing any talks in classrooms. And sure, there’s next school year, but I worry teachers and librarians will have forgotten all about my letters by then. But I need to get these letters in the hands of librarians before the end of the school year because librarians place their book orders before the next year starts. It’s just bad timing all around. I’ve been working on other marketing things and putting in time every single day, but there’s never enough time or energy. I have to remind myself the reason I even have the time to do this book project is because I don’t work…and the reason I don’t work is because I have very little energy. If I had the energy to put the amount of time into this book every day that it deserves (and that I want to be able to do), I’d have the energy to work a full time job and then there never woulda been a book in the first place! Catch 22-ish situation. But frustrated bc I was really hoping to get to talk to some classrooms, but my surgery has to be the priority. Maybe I should add a line in my letters that reads, “Think of me in the upcoming school year!”? But I have already printed the letters and there’s like 40 of them, so…no, not reprinting. Just wish I could get some more interest for this book. It deserves it. I’ll straight up brag, it’s a good book and I wish it could get in the hands of more kids. I think kids would enjoy it. Anyways, just venting here. Thanks for listening.
