Doing the Work to get the Fame

My marketing manager Mary and I met at Bantam Coffee Roasters yesterday to make some final edits to Running Through the Words. My original hope had been to release the novel in its entirety on my birthday, but I'm waiting on song-lyric permissions. Get this: after attempting to communicate with Caamp's record label, I finally heard from a very nice man named Adam who seems to think we stand a good chance of being allowed to quote "Vagabond" at the beginning of the text. Fingers crossed, everyone! Send me your good vibes!

The reason that "Vagabond" is so important is because Running Through the Words is called Running Through the Words because of some misheard lyrics in Caamp's song:

"In the night while my body slept in my bed

My mind was running through the woods instead"

See? I heard "running through the words" instead of "woods." Isn't that fun?

Another song that's really important in Running Through the Words is Trampled By Turtles' "The Middle." (When you read the book, you'll understand why; there's a nice scene that involves the song and two of my very favorite characters. ❤️) Because I thought it might also be nice to quote Trampled By Turtles at the start of my novel, I reached out to a really friendly woman named Julia whose correspondence is so kind and warm! I legitimately love getting emails from her; she seems like a truly fun lady!

So... about the publication date of Running Through the Words...

At this point, I'm just waiting (hoping) to receive permission to use the lyrics to at least one of those songs, and once I (hopefully) receive permission, I'll be set to release the novel and you'll be able to buy it! Yay!

Here's a sneak peek at the cover.

Isn't it pretty?!