Job(s) DONE

Today I have crossed off some of the things on my to-do list, and am well pleased with myself.

• Review Winner and publish second edition....... phew what a mammoth job that was. A few new bits, but basically the same as before but better edited, punctuated and proofed- well I blinking well hope so, all the time it's taken me - DONE

• Find music for a promotional video of 'The Magic of The Camino' - I knew exactly the piece of music I wanted but could only find it in video format. Easy - downloaded some conversion software, downloaded the video, converted the video to an MP3 file -ready to rock and Roll.  DONE

• Trip to Garden centre to get some winter flowering plants for the garden to cheer it (and us) up a bit... DONE.

•  Organise Xmas promotional competition for books. All IN HAND and details to be announced in next couple of days. 

•  Organise cover for 'La Magia del Camino' (Spanish copy of 'The Magic'). Had to translate all the text and add a couple of banners. All sorted and sent off for design adjustments. DONE

Well I think that's just about enough for a good day's work. Tomorrow I have a (new) morning class, so will be off and out early, back in time for lunch and an afternoon of more profitable action. HoT is becoming....

Camino (plus) advances

This morning postie arrived with my Camino t-shirts, cap and some postcards for distribution as I walk. for each Camino I've worn my very own designed t-shirts and this year will be no different. I'm hoping to distribute some of the postcards along the route to promote 'The magic'

Along with the-shirts and cap there was also a postcard from Australia from Davine. It was one of my 'Magic' postcards with a lovely message on the back saying how much she had enjoyed reading the book. It really made my day. 

This afternoon I finally took the plunge and bought myself an android phone. So far it's scaring me and I'm not getting on very well with it, but that was how I started with this laptop and now I'm getting along just fine, so fingers crossed in a few days I'll be the best of chums with it too. I am having a bit of a problem with twitter though (one of the main reasons for getting the phone was to use it for Tweeting as I walk next month) as it seems my provider is not twitter-supported, and to send a tweet I'll have to pay for an international text each time to the UK. I'm checking as many Internet sites as I can at the moment to see if there's a way round it... 

The phone's not a brand I had heard of, but the girl in the shop (why is it that all shop assistants in these shops appear as if they are still at school?) was very helpful and said it was a good piece of kit (my words not hers!). It's an LG-E400:

Tony also said he's heard of the company and that it's a good 'un!

And as for my other book- today I've added another 1950 words- Rushing towards a climax...

A little self-promotion....

Today I've had a busy day, despite feeling quite fatigued when I woke this morning.

Walking the dogs, and further than usual (Xali was up for a good run), blew the cobwebs away and I returned home feeling slightly more energetic. 

Time for a bit of self promotion I decided. Spurred on by Nick the other day I have been shamelessly promoting my books through Twitter and am really starting to get my head round it all.  I've even got a couple of new (literary) followers and have started following some folks in the literary world too.

Anyway today I set up a 'page' on facebook for 'The Magic of the Camino'.  Why I didn't do it before I don't know- well I do- something to do with being afraid of self promotion. Anyway I set the page up and let it go live at about 14.00. It's now just 22.30 (more or less) and already I've had 28 'likes' and a host of comments and questions on how to get hold of a copy.  Fantastico. 

This promotion meant that some of my chums from the Camino got in contact too, and so my mind went racing back to The Way, and how much I enjoyed the experience and value the friendships made on it.  I added a few photos to the page as well and the memories flooded back as to where, when and why I took the photos. Ah good times.

 Day One: Daybreak in the Pyrenees.

And a little further on with new friends.

OH, how much am I looking forward to getting back out. I am sure the Camino Primitov has more adventures in store for me....

Next job - to improve my profile on Amazon..... so if you have read 'The Magic' and you use Amazon please (pretty please) would you mind going to 'The Magic of the Camino' sales page and leaving a review... Thank you.

Synchronicity rocks!!

If I had any doubt that I was on the right path, making the right decisions during the past couple of days I have been getting prodded to notice the signs as synchronicity and the law of attraction fit around my dreams and needs.

I have in the last couple of days made contact , thanks to the help of our great friend John in Kent (UK), with somebody who may be interested in doing the illustrations for my upcoming children's book. I have seen soem for her drawings on the net and they are just the kind of things I am looking for. Fingers crosed this relationship flourishes and my book too....

Today we went into Sitges for the morning, banking stuff mainly. It's great though as our Bank Manager is also a friend (and former student of mine) - so not only is our bank account in good hands we get a chance to catch up too. Toni, for that is is name is so helpful. Today he sorted out the refund for the Spanair flights I had booked for the Camino- Spanair went bust a while back and I thought I may end up out of pocket. Whilst we were with him, enjoying a coffee in the cafe next to the bank, our mutual friend , Pilar, phoned him on his mobile for a chat- almost a telepathic reaction for us all to be together.

Later on at school just before my first lesson I was thinking about something else and when I went into class my first student mentioned the very thing I had just been thinking of as if she too had a telepathic link with me today.
Okay now to conjure up some more magic -Seems what I think of comes to me- now isn't that just what the law of attraction says....