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  AFTER YEARS OF STRUGGLE MY FIRST BOOK HAS JUST BEEN PUBLISHED....  lola2004 at 19:44 on 03 July 2008
 

... Publication day was 1st July and it has been the maddest two weeks of my life. But I am merely going to say this' DON'T GIVE UP!!!! Keep going, guys. Write. Write. Write. It doesn't usually happen overnight (It didn't for me). But keep going.
Thats all I wanted to say.
Oh and feel free to buy my first published novel By The Time You Read This... (Harper). Out NOW in all bookshops and large supermarkets!!!!

Lola


www.lolajaye.com

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Oh and for a bit more inspiration check out my final post for Trashionista. I've been told it's 'inspiring!


http://www.trashionista.com/2008/07/guest-blog-lola.html#more

  Re: AFTER YEARS OF STRUGGLE MY FIRST BOOK HAS JUST BEEN PUBLISHED....  julietoc at 19:52 on 03 July 2008
 

fantastic! what's the title? And thanks for the pep talk!

  Re: AFTER YEARS OF STRUGGLE MY FIRST BOOK HAS JUST BEEN PUBLISHED....  lola2004 at 19:54 on 03 July 2008
 

Thanks Julietoc,
The book is called
By The Time You Read This...

  Re: AFTER YEARS OF STRUGGLE MY FIRST BOOK HAS JUST BEEN PUBLISHED....  EmmaD at 20:29 on 03 July 2008
 

Congratulations - and I love the title!

Emma

  Re: AFTER YEARS OF STRUGGLE MY FIRST BOOK HAS JUST BEEN PUBLISHED....  lola2004 at 20:32 on 03 July 2008
 

Thanks. The manuscript was originally called The Manual... but this title is so apt and captures everything I wanted to say really!

  Re: AFTER YEARS OF STRUGGLE MY FIRST BOOK HAS JUST BEEN PUBLISHED....  saturday at 19:43 on 04 July 2008
 

How lovely, it's such a happy video. Congratulations.

  Re: AFTER YEARS OF STRUGGLE MY FIRST BOOK HAS JUST BEEN PUBLISHED....  lola2004 at 21:33 on 04 July 2008
 

Hi Saturday, thanks.
When my publishers said they would take me to the printers to have a look at my book being published, I was absolutely thrilled. It was an amazing moment -watching all those books!
Believe me when I say there was a lot more screaming than what was shown in that video!

  Re: AFTER YEARS OF STRUGGLE MY FIRST BOOK HAS JUST BEEN PUBLISHED....  Myrtle at 00:41 on 05 July 2008
 

Love the You-Tube video. Congratulations!

  Re: AFTER YEARS OF STRUGGLE MY FIRST BOOK HAS JUST BEEN PUBLISHED....  rogernmorris at 15:16 on 05 July 2008
 

Congratulations, Lola. It's fantastic that you've achieved this after years of trying.

  Re: AFTER YEARS OF STRUGGLE MY FIRST BOOK HAS JUST BEEN PUBLISHED....  lola2004 at 18:24 on 05 July 2008
 

Thank you Roger!

  Re: AFTER YEARS OF STRUGGLE MY FIRST BOOK HAS JUST BEEN PUBLISHED....  Nik Perring at 15:52 on 18 July 2008
 

Congratulations! I saw it in my local Tesco last weekend.

Nik

  Re: AFTER YEARS OF STRUGGLE MY FIRST BOOK HAS JUST BEEN PUBLISHED....  lola2004 at 19:17 on 18 July 2008
 

Oh really?! I get so excited when I hear that... I hope you bought it...

  Re: AFTER YEARS OF STRUGGLE MY FIRST BOOK HAS JUST BEEN PUBLISHED....  Nik Perring at 19:20 on 18 July 2008
 

Actually I didn't (sorry!) - I was off crutches for the first time in a week and was determined to get what I needed and then get out. It looked good though, so I doubt it'll be long before it's balancing on the To Be Read pile! Hope sales are going well.

Nik

  Re: AFTER YEARS OF STRUGGLE MY FIRST BOOK HAS JUST BEEN PUBLISHED....  lola2004 at 19:28 on 18 July 2008
 

Oh poor you! I hope you are feeling better!
Sales are going well. And the response has very much touched me. Some of the entries on my Guestbook (www.lolajaye.com/guestbook) make me want to cry. I just didn't know the book would touch people as it has - especially as I was writing it for me.

  Re: AFTER YEARS OF STRUGGLE MY FIRST BOOK HAS JUST BEEN PUBLISHED....  Nik Perring at 19:29 on 18 July 2008
 

Marvellous! Well done. (And you are tempting me...)

N

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