So while I wait with baited breath to FINALLY see my book on Amazon, in bookshops, on posters (thanks dad) I'm having a few last minute nerves...will people like it? Will people like the characters they're supposed to and be rooting for them? But something I've been thinking about a lot these past few weeks is the name - not the name of the book, I quite like one word book titles, kinda does what it says on the tin but MY name. BETRAYAL by Bev Dulson...hmmmm, these are my worries:
If people don't like it they know I wrote it!! Although, can't please everyone all the time and everyone has different tastes, so will not worry too much about that!
BIGGEST worry is the love scenes...I let you into a secret, I love writing love scenes, I love it when my characters finally fall for each other, or are having a mad passionate fling - it's life, it's normal...but what I'm not quite loving is when my mum and my nans read the book! Don't get me wrong, I haven't written a porno, I'm not bothered about my mates, colleagues, neighbours reading it, but my mum and my nans??? This makes me think that maybe I should have written under an assumed name and after careful consideration, the perfect name for me and my bonkbuster would be "Beverley Hills" and then I could say to my mum and nans..."It wasn't me, Beverley Hills wrote that bit!" Ah well, my nan's read Jackie Collins, (one of my heroines!!) so it should be all good in the hood in the end!
Besides...how fab would it be to see someone on the train or bus reading BETRAYAL by ME! I seriously would have to super glue my bum to my seat to stop myself going up to them and saying "that's my book!" They would probably think I'm a nutter and go "Actually, it's my book, I bought it with my money from Amazon!"
So lovely people, if you do buy my book (HUGE thank you from the BOTTOM of my HEART) and you happen to read it on public transport (well, probably a train, I never really use the bus) and see a woman in her late twenties...(ok VERY EARLY thirties) grinning like a cheshire cat at you, you can probably safely assume that I am Bev Dulson and you're reading my book!
So THANKS in advance :o)
P.S. Will let you know in a later blog on the mum & nan's reaction to the book (that's if I don't decide to rip out a few pages of their books before they read it!!)
If people don't like it they know I wrote it!! Although, can't please everyone all the time and everyone has different tastes, so will not worry too much about that!
BIGGEST worry is the love scenes...I let you into a secret, I love writing love scenes, I love it when my characters finally fall for each other, or are having a mad passionate fling - it's life, it's normal...but what I'm not quite loving is when my mum and my nans read the book! Don't get me wrong, I haven't written a porno, I'm not bothered about my mates, colleagues, neighbours reading it, but my mum and my nans??? This makes me think that maybe I should have written under an assumed name and after careful consideration, the perfect name for me and my bonkbuster would be "Beverley Hills" and then I could say to my mum and nans..."It wasn't me, Beverley Hills wrote that bit!" Ah well, my nan's read Jackie Collins, (one of my heroines!!) so it should be all good in the hood in the end!
Besides...how fab would it be to see someone on the train or bus reading BETRAYAL by ME! I seriously would have to super glue my bum to my seat to stop myself going up to them and saying "that's my book!" They would probably think I'm a nutter and go "Actually, it's my book, I bought it with my money from Amazon!"
So lovely people, if you do buy my book (HUGE thank you from the BOTTOM of my HEART) and you happen to read it on public transport (well, probably a train, I never really use the bus) and see a woman in her late twenties...(ok VERY EARLY thirties) grinning like a cheshire cat at you, you can probably safely assume that I am Bev Dulson and you're reading my book!
So THANKS in advance :o)
P.S. Will let you know in a later blog on the mum & nan's reaction to the book (that's if I don't decide to rip out a few pages of their books before they read it!!)