Diane Discovers Roundup Zine #2

Hard launch/relaunch, coming to NYC, and other bits and bobs

Hi all!

I hope your summer is going well — and isn’t too hot. Even here at 7,200 feet in Santa Fe, it’s a little too toasty for me…. Hopefully, you are in a pool, ocean, or air conditioning.

I’ve been working on the Rock Gods & Messy Monstersrelaunch (info below), finishing up the sixth draft of the sequel to it, and refining a pitch for an event I’d like to do. I’m still helping with dog adoptions at Espanola Humane once a week, and I’m starting to figure out next steps once my sabbatical (as I’m now calling it) is over at the end of this year. Or early-ish 2024….

If you didn’t see my post on social media, I’m coming back NYC! I’m hard launching (relaunching) my book on October 11th in New York City at the Bowery Poetry Club (because everything’s harder in NYC…).

If you’re in the area, please come! I’ll send out an official invite shortly but you can RSVP at https://bit.ly/nyc-rgmm

Book Relaunch

I wrote an article about why I’m hard launching my book, so check it out for more in-depth info. I’ve also done a YouTube video discussing the importance of a soft and hard launch.

To sum the piece up, the first year — especially for a new author — should be looked at as a soft or beta launch.

There is so much to do and so much to learn, whether you’re traditionally published or doing it yourself, that an author needs time to learn what works and what doesn’t. I’m not there 100% yet, but I know so much more than I did twelve months ago.

And with online bookstores now, a book never gets old. So why not give it new life over and over?

As part of the relaunch, I’m having a new book cover designed. As much as I loved the one I had, I had three book marketing experts evaluate Rock Gods & Messy Monsters, and they all said I needed a different cover. I didn’t know that there are certain requirements for book covers that help sell books.