Writer-girl Wednesday: The SASSY book launch

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Book launches are funny things. I’ve been to a few and well…y’know, they were a li’l dry. Which is why, when I decided to combine the launch of SASSY with the book signing at Waterstones, Above Bar in Southampton, I figured it was going to need a substantial amount o’ SASSY-fication.

Yep, there were cupcakes made my best friend Aimee, pink fizz bought and collected by that gorgeous Viking beau o’ mine and my gorgeous Art of Motion Burlesque troupe. Add a hefty pinch of people you love and dig, mix with gorgeous girls who will potentially love your book and that, my friends, is how to make a book launch significantly SASSY.

Next week I’ll be writing a super-practical feature about how to organise a kick-ass book launch, why they’re important and how to deal when books don’t arrive/nobody turns up/the manager doesn’t approve of dancing girls. FYI: Two out o’ those three things happened to me – but right now, I am still filled to the brim with emo about a book store filled with the people I love, burly girls and my pink book o’ wonder, so yep, if you haven’t already guessed, this is one of those completely indulgent posts where I gush about how truly freakin’ awesome the book launch for SASSY: the Go-for-it Girl’s Guide to Becoming Mistress of Your Destiny was, because well, it’s my book, and it bloody well was.

me breaking into song with a tiara lolly-pop tree as my microphone…

myself and the burly-girl/Junk it love owner/bestie Donna Carter…

getting my hug on with Corrina Gordon Barnes of Youinspireme.co.uk

book o’ pink wonder, pink fizz and cupcakes – yummo.

me signing a book for author-girl Arietta Bryant…

ohh la la – Art in Motion burlesque troupe

For more pictures of the day o’ pink fabulousness, check out the pix taken by my gorgeous gal-pal and the super-talented photographer, Wend Carter, put into a rather spangly video by that hot viking beau o’ mine…