Spidey’s Serene Sunday – Part 378 – Excitement

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“Cherish your excitement while you have it.” 

Lucy Varna

Thank you, Spidey, for reminding me to live in this wonderful moment while it is here!

Well, unless you have been living under a rock the last couple of weeks, you will know that my big re-release is happening tomorrow.

Marriage Unarranged, my original book baby, has got her second wind and is being released by Spellbound Books as a part of my three-book deal with them.

I remember the lead up to my original release when I self-published. There was so much to do, aside from writing the words. From the cover to the formatting, the editing, finding beta readers, organising marketing and blog tours… it was busy.

This time, I am able to revel in the excitement a little more, in a different way, since a lot of the above is already done, or being dealt with by the publishers.

Okay, so there isn’t a new cover, but it is being tweaked, and I am even more excited that there is a ‘call to buy’ quote from my all-time favourite author, Amanda Prowse, being added to the front. I am thrilled by that!

Minor edits were done, but nothing to change the storyline, as they were more than happy with everything that had already been done.

And the lovely Zoe-Lee O’Farrell has arranged the book tour, so all I am doing is sitting here, making Tiktoks about the release, reposting the content and just generally getting excited!

It releases tomorrow, initially on Kindle, and I am still on my half term break, though my own children are back in school tomorrow, so once I have dropped them off, and taken my mother-in-law for a blood test, I can celebrate the rerelease in whichever way I please!

I can’t wait to receive my new copies when the paperback hits a week later, but right now, let me enjoy this!

If you are interested in Marriage Unarranged, click this link:

https://geni.us/0ppP4O

If you have already pre-ordered, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. 💜🥰🤗

Obviously, I am still finishing draft one of book 2, but that can take a back seat, for the day, as I relish in my fun!

So, please join me and share my excitement, and while you’re at it, tell me something you are excited about, too, so I can be happy for you, too!

namaste

Wishing you a wonderfully peaceful Sunday, Peeps!

Reblog: Staying in with Ritu Bhathal | Linda’s Book Bag

the lovely Linda Hill has featured me on her blog!

Source: Reblog: Staying in with Ritu Bhathal | Linda’s Book Bag

When You Can’t Quite Believe It’s Happening! (AGAIN!) – Ritu Bhathal

Please click the link below for some release news about Marriage Unarranged!

Source: When You Can’t Quite Believe It’s Happening! (AGAIN!) – Ritu Bhathal

#TikTok Drain #Poetry!

I haven’t penned a poem for a while, but something inspired me today, and here it is… on TikTok, for you. If you are a Tiktoker, do follow me on there, otherwise, just enjoy my poetic musings!

I’ve found another wormhole
Another drain on my time
I can’t believe it’s happened
So I thought I’d write a rhyme

Those kids, they made me do it
Said, go on Mum, it’ll be fun
So I logged in, started scrolling
And slowly I became one

One of those Tiktokers
Lip synching to silly sounds
Trying to match the dance moves
On the trending clips I found

But, back then in lockdown
I kept my privacy
Only sharing videos
With those I trust, you see.

Then life got hectic, so I stopped
Deleted my account
Until the call for Booktok
Grew loud, there was no doubt

Time for me to jump back on
And do it for my book
For a way to get promotion
New readers I could hook

I started out pretty well
A couple of cute videos
Followed some other authors
and booktokers that I chose

Then I started to scroll again
FYP calling me
Silly sounds and dances
But something more, you see

I found all sorts of communities
Browntok, queertok, cooktok
Watching listening learning
Snippet clips that really rock

I learned how knowledgeable people are
But also just how biased
I saw how creators responded
They didn’t sit there all quiet

One video led to another
And soon an hour passed
Jeez, I could have written words
I hold my phone, aghast

Tiktok, I do love you so
But you’re taking me away
From the very reason I’m here
TO write, not watch and play!

And, an aside, those kids 
I mentioned before
They tell me I’m too old for this
Well, that I will ignore

I find myself peppering my daily life
With the latest trending sounds
A little dance here, a soundbite there
While my kids try to shut me down

Because, although it is a drain
A little Tiktok fun
And getting some more followers
Is grand… will you become one?

(Tiktok obsessed) Ritu 2022


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