Natasha Boyd's Blog - Posts Tagged "library-journal"
The Indigo Girl is now live
It's been three years of working on this book, THE INDIGO GIRL , and it is finally here. When I started out, it felt some days like a mountain too big to climb.
I'm not a true historian, so for me to decide take on a project of this sort was out of left field. But Eliza's story wouldn't leave me alone. Add the fact that I'm obsessed with blues of all shades, and have a particular affinity for indigo, and you could say it was inevitable.
You could also say that the idea became so big that I couldn't then say no to writing it. It may as well have been Eliza herself pulling at me through the ages and dragging me kicking and screaming through the pages of this book. The day the box of books arrived (my copies from the publisher), I looked at them and thought "Did I do that?"
Today, I get to say THE INDIGO GIRL has gotten a Booklist starred review, a Library Journal starred review, has received incredible reviews from book bloggers and online reviewers (thank you). And MUCH TO MY ABSOLUTE HONOR, I can announce that THE INDIGO GIRL is a Fall 2017 OKRA PICK for the Southern Independent Booksellers Association!
Is this my life?
I have had an incredible team at Blackstone Publishing getting the story out into the world, and I cannot thank them enough for everything they have done to get this story to today.
Dearest reader, I'd like to thank you for being with me on this journey. Sometimes it's hard to go off the beaten path, in fact, oftentimes it's terrifying. For me the path was romance. And this detour has been quite wonderfully eye-opening. This week I was surprised with several romance bloggers who had gotten copies on NetGalley and Edelweiss, and LOVED it too. I always knew romance readers were a voracious lot. We read anything and everything, as long as there's a great story! But this is NOT a romance. So without further ado, THE INDIGO GIRL is now live at all online retailers and available at your local independent bookstore.
I really hope you give this incredible woman, The Indigo Girl, a chance at venturing back into modern consciousness. We owe her a debt. A debt that can only be repaid by never forgetting her.
I'm not a true historian, so for me to decide take on a project of this sort was out of left field. But Eliza's story wouldn't leave me alone. Add the fact that I'm obsessed with blues of all shades, and have a particular affinity for indigo, and you could say it was inevitable.
You could also say that the idea became so big that I couldn't then say no to writing it. It may as well have been Eliza herself pulling at me through the ages and dragging me kicking and screaming through the pages of this book. The day the box of books arrived (my copies from the publisher), I looked at them and thought "Did I do that?"
Today, I get to say THE INDIGO GIRL has gotten a Booklist starred review, a Library Journal starred review, has received incredible reviews from book bloggers and online reviewers (thank you). And MUCH TO MY ABSOLUTE HONOR, I can announce that THE INDIGO GIRL is a Fall 2017 OKRA PICK for the Southern Independent Booksellers Association!
Is this my life?
I have had an incredible team at Blackstone Publishing getting the story out into the world, and I cannot thank them enough for everything they have done to get this story to today.
Dearest reader, I'd like to thank you for being with me on this journey. Sometimes it's hard to go off the beaten path, in fact, oftentimes it's terrifying. For me the path was romance. And this detour has been quite wonderfully eye-opening. This week I was surprised with several romance bloggers who had gotten copies on NetGalley and Edelweiss, and LOVED it too. I always knew romance readers were a voracious lot. We read anything and everything, as long as there's a great story! But this is NOT a romance. So without further ado, THE INDIGO GIRL is now live at all online retailers and available at your local independent bookstore.
I really hope you give this incredible woman, The Indigo Girl, a chance at venturing back into modern consciousness. We owe her a debt. A debt that can only be repaid by never forgetting her.
