{"id":34,"date":"2014-03-29T15:33:58","date_gmt":"2014-03-29T19:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/?p=34"},"modified":"2014-03-29T15:33:58","modified_gmt":"2014-03-29T19:33:58","slug":"book-launch-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/book-launch-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Launch Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can't write a book and not have a launch party!<\/p>\n<p>Everything I've read about publishing says to treat the first six months of your book's life as a \"pre-published\" state. Especially if it's your first book. Use that time to get your social media i's dotted and all your editing\/review request t's crossed. Then, six months after you've published your book, have a big ol' party to officially launch your book.<\/p>\n<p>So - I'm looking at the weekend around August 11th, here in Montreal. I have a place to host it - at a gorgeous art studio. \u00a0There's a troupe of drag-kings who could be interested in doing a pirate-themed number, as well as a few bands to keep the party going.<\/p>\n<p>I'm thinking of hiring some gorgeous, buff mates to walk around semi-nude serving canap\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<p>There will be signed copies to win, and probably other prizes - and the sequel should be out at that point too.<\/p>\n<p>What else can one have going at an Erotic Book Launch?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can&#8217;t write a book and not have a launch party! Everything I&#8217;ve read about publishing says to treat the first six months of your book&#8217;s life as a &#8220;pre-published&#8221; state. Especially if it&#8217;s your first book. Use that time to get your social media i&#8217;s dotted and all your editing\/review request t&#8217;s crossed. Then, six months after you&#8217;ve published your book, have a big ol&#8217; party to officially launch your book. So &#8211; I&#8217;m looking at the weekend around August 11th, here in Montreal. I have a place to host it &#8211; at a gorgeous art studio. \u00a0There&#8217;s a &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Book Launch Party\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/book-launch-party\/#more-34\" aria-label=\"Read more about Book Launch Party\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[26,27],"class_list":["post-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-caged","category-my-life","tag-book-launch","tag-party"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4sexs-y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4084,"url":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/win-a-copy-of-varian-krylovs-new-book-hurt-me\/","url_meta":{"origin":34,"position":0},"title":"Win a copy of Varian Krylov&#8217;s New Book: Hurt Me","author":"Bey","date":"March 10, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Look who's back... and with a brand new book! 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