Endorsement by #1 Billboard Artist!
Hello friends!
Today we (my husband and I) have been celebrating the Advance Reader Copies of Beautiful Affliction that arrived from the US in a big brown box! We went to Hotel Dharmawangsa for dinner and while there in the beautiful garden, we took some pics to show you! I can barely believe it! Here I am, holding the first copies of my book!
So these are the galley proofs, or Advance Reader Copy, which are printed and shipped to magazines and authors, among others, for marketing and to hopefully gain some editorial reviews, or endorsements, or blurbs, as we call them. đ
Speaking of blurbs, I have to tell you, yesterday evening I got one that made me happy-dance like crazy! Also, it made me star-struck, since I have been hoping for this blurb (a lot) but I didn’t dare think that I would get it, as the person (the blurber, ha ha) has just released his #1 Billboard album and is super busy with the launch. But he wrote that he spent the week in his cabin, and read my book and then he sent me his wonderful endorsement! Are you curious who it is?
It is Paul Cardall, pianist and Steinway Artist, whose music I listened to when I was sick and especially before my open-heart surgeries, as his music is wonderfully soothing and helped calm my spirit. Not until after my surgeries did I learn that he too, struggled with heart disease and then his music became even more special to me. Paul’s story is breath-taking, he eventually became a heart transplant recipient and now he travels the world sharing his wonderful music. You’ve gotta listen to his Gracie’s Theme on youtube!
This is what Paul Cardall said about Beautiful Affliction:
âLene Fogelbergâs inspiring memoir of life with a literal broken heart teaches us to recognize beauty amidst our own pain and suffering. Having also experienced complicated heart issues and a lifetime of surgeries I found myself reliving my own sacred experience.”
Paul Cardall, #1 Billboard Pianist & Steinway Artist
My goodness, his words bring tears to my eyes every time I read them. I am tremendously grateful and happy that he took the time to read and endorse my book.
Also, the ARC is the authors last chance to find and correct errors, which somehow have made it past editors, proofreaders and the author’s tired eyes. A friend here in Jakarta, helped me read and don’t you think he found two errors! But now I hope there will be no spelling errors left⊠I have done some minor editing, mostly concerning line breaks etc in the ARC. But I think I am as good as done!
The final version of the book will have a few of the wonderful endorsements on the cover, and also a “praise sheet” in the beginning of the book. But I will give away TWO signed Advance Reader Copies of Beautiful Affliction to TWO lucky winners among those who sign up for my newsletter! So spread the word, and sign up, if you want to see the two spelling errors in my book, he he.
Thanks for all your support and take care,
Lene
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Lene: This is great news! Congratulations. It’s becoming more real as the days tick on, isn’t it? I’m so excited for you. Leslie
Thanks Leslie! Yay, we’re getting closer every day, so excited for us!!
Oh Lene, this post just stirs my emotions. The arcs, the special (and smart) endorsement, you being (pretty much) done with the book…wow. I’m sure you worry about lots of things at this point as well, but I hope you get to fully savor the moment and your successes. I’m glad you went out to celebrate and how fun with the pictures! So happy for you!
Thanks Angelica! I think you’re right, it is important to celebrate and savor the moment, and not just worry⊠đ I guess this whole thing will feel surreal until I have the finished book in my hands, and even then. đ
Also, last week I ate some licorice ice cream in your honor! đ Yum.
I am totally honored! đ We are looking at finding a small apartment in Sweden to stay in during vacations, so that we can eat Swedish ice cream in the middle of the night. Not kidding!
Haha, sounds like something we should consider too! If not just to give our families a break from our rambunctious kids…
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Tror faktiskt inte att jag kommer att uppmĂ€rksamma tvĂ„ smĂ„ felstavningar – kan ju hoppas pĂ„ en vinst :)! Lycka till med veckorna som Ă€r kvar innan lanseringen!
De tvÄ felen var sÄ smÄ att det var ett under att min vÀn hittade dem. KÀnner mig tacksam för att han hjÀlpte mig lÀsa med frÀscha ögon. Nu fÄr vi hoppas det Àr felfritt, det Àr ju det man strÀvar efter. Men nu nÀr jag vet vilket jobb det Àr, kommer jag vara mycket mer förstÄende nÀr jag hittar fel i andras böcker. Puh, vilken process det Àr! Tack för lycka till och hoppas du vinner en ARC, sÄ fÄr vi se om du ser felen, hi hi.
Skulle vilja se din happy-dance-like-crazy live!!
Veckorna som kommer snurrar nog fort ocksÄ.
GlÀdjeyra!
He he, ja men hjĂ€lp, ibland blir man bara sĂ„ dĂ€r sprudlande glad sĂ„ det mĂ„ste ut pĂ„ nĂ„t sĂ€tt. đ Och du har rĂ€tt, det Ă€r inte sĂ„ vĂ€ldigt mĂ„nga veckor kvar! Oj oj…
à h det hÀr Àr sÄ spÀnnande att jag knappt kan sitta stilla. Huuuur lÀnge ska vi behöva vÀnta?? (Jo, jag vet ungefÀr hur lÀnge för jag har bokat den pÄ adlibris. Men ÀndÄÄÄÄÄ!) Och helt frÀckt hoppas jag sÄÄÄÄ att jag ocksÄ vinner.
Stort stort fortsatt lycka till med ALLT! So exciting!!!
Kram!
Tack snĂ€lla Helena! Jag hoppas ocksĂ„ du vinner, dĂ„ kanske du kan fĂ„ den liiite tidigare. đ IgĂ„r kvĂ€ll fick jag det slutliga omslaget och de har tryckt in fem blurbar (en pĂ„ framsidan), hi hi, jag blev sĂ„ glad för det ser sĂ„ fint ut och nu börjar vi verkligen gĂ„ in pĂ„ det allra sista⊠Kram kram
Hej
Ska bli sÄ spÀnnande att ta del av din bok. VÀntar med spÀnning och har börjat nedrÀkningen till att den ska lanseras,
Ulla
Vad roligt, tack fina Ulla!
Lene, I’m so excited for you. Holding the first copy of your book in your hands must be such an emotion!
And hey, looks to me as you aren’t in short supply of emotions! You’re having great blurbs for your book and I’m happy they’re coming from people who mean so much for you and your experience.
I’m sure this book will be a success!!!!!
Thanks so much Sarah! You are amazing, such support all the way! I am so happy to have you as my friend! <3
Congratulations, Lene! I’m not at all surprised by all these wonderful endorsements!
Thank you Rita! Everyone–this is the wonderful Rita Gardner, author of the award-winning The Coconut Latitudes, who was among the first to endorse Beautiful Affliction! Thank you Rita for your wonderful blurb!! <3