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God's Own Junkyard, Gunshot Glitter, New Year's Eve, Open House weekend, See Those Eyes, The Guardian Gunshot Glitter, Yasmin Selena Butt
Hello you,
I’m not sure there is a correlation between The Guardian picking out your self-published novel, Gunshot Glitter, for a special mention and shiteness at blogging but both seem to be a fact this year!
Sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry for failing to amuse you this year in the latter half, with witticisms from this here head. I honestly had such good intentions to do so, but since almost dying of anaphylactic shock on my birthday and a few other health scares that women dread (lump, underarm you can guess the rest) and needing physio for the left side of my body going all weird, being jerked around on the GG score by someone, it’s been a bit of a challenging year.
But I’m getting all good now on the inside. And next year if I have anything to do with it, the behemoth is going stellar. Watch out world that beam is going to be *BRIGHT*. Hurrah! I have a plan at least for 2014. A loose one mind you. There was a ton of good stuff in 2013 too. I did this thing were every time something cool happened or I had a great day, I wrote about it and put it in a jar on my microwave. Let me tell you that that jar is maxed out on the little but of paper score 🙂
Bright moment at God’s Own Junkyard, look at the lips! One day I will own that.
So TONS of beauty and once I’ve got the proofing of the first draft of my brand new novel, See Those Eyes, out the way (yes, you read that right, BRAND NEW) I am going to do a wee blog picking out some of the cool stuff properly, because it was lovely and I would like you to know about it, and in turn tell me what rocked for you as I’d really like to know.
I’ve got a deadline today to submit a copy for See Those Eyes for a printed proof so have to go in a sec – I’ll be telling you more about the coolness of the behemoth making The Guardian shortlist. Trust me that day is in the jar. But in the meantime, lots of love, thank you for reading, thank you for spreading the word about Gunshot Glitter, thank you for commenting and not spamming me with links to buying handbags from China, and most importantly of all, have an excellent New Year’s Eve aka last day of 2013, and make some great wishes when the bongs strike to let us all know that 2014 is upon us!
Hugs to my fine readers the world over, and if you’re a spammer, I’ll hug you too if you don’t spam me throughout 2014 😉
Yasmin xx
p.s. One of my fave pix of myself taken this year in London during the Open House weekend, more on that in the next post, it was aces, you need to go next year.
Author of Gunshot Glitter next to pile of crap probably made by bankers, taken by Steve
People not from the UK, take heed, especially that German man who came up to me and Steve in Stuttgart and told us our country was going down the swanny, Â we may have a heap of crap in London, but look how tidy we are about it!
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Sounds like 2014 will need a bigger jar, Yasmin! Thrilled that your writing is taking off, knowing how hard you worked to get GG out there. I wish you a year (and more!) of success, happiness and good health. And if a little wealth comes along with all of that then even better! Huge love, Jill xxx
Thank you Jill, wishing the same for you too in 2014 🙂 I was really touched to see this comment from you. Me, you and Gunshot Glitter have been on quite a wee journey together xx
Well done, Yasmin on being shortlisted by the Guardian. Your novel deserves that accolade as it is a really good book and I’m looking forward to reading the next one. I’m sorry to hear that you’ve had such a challenging year and I hope that next year will be even better for you. I’m hoping to publish my debut novel too in 2014 but need to do the promo for my current N/F book first – exciting times!
Diane, I wish you lots of luck with the fiction debut 😀 in 2014, I totally appreciate how you must be feeling. Good luck with the non-fiction tome too. Thank you for the comment and for the well done. See Those Eyes is so, so different to Gunshot Glitter, in truth I’m absolutely cacking it, I keep telling myself, one thing at a time, woman. Give Gunshot Glitter the attention it deserves xx
I’m really looking forward to your new book, Yasmin. Love and best wishes for 2014. 🙂 xx
Thank you, Elle! And to you too, lassie. I know you’ve literally got books plural tucked away there, is 2014 going to be the year we get to read one of them? xx
Congratulations, Yasmin, and totally well deserved. You rock! Here’s wishing you monumental successes for 2014!! X
Thank you Nicky, my tour-de-force fellow writer friend. You inspire me, wishing you an aces 2014 too xx
I have just finished reading Gunshot Glitter and loved it. An excellent example of new writers forging ahead as self publishers. Congratulations on your success and best wishes for the new book.
Bless you Janet, thank you for tracking me down on my blog to let me know that. I am so, so pleased you enjoyed the behemoth, please do spread the word about Gunshot Glitter. It would mean so much to me. Your daughter is a gorgeous Scorpio lass by the way, testament to her ma. xx
Yay a new Yasmin Selena novel! Hoorah!
2013 sounds like it’s been consigned to the past, and as Jill said, for 2014 you’ll need a bigger positivity jar!
Great to see a blog post from you, but I believe all things have their time and place, and if blog posts don’t happen, then that’s fine. 😉 (Perhaps I’m trying to convince myself lol).
Here’s to a brilliant 2014. 🙂
Jo, you’re a great blogger, you juggle so much.
I’ve got to show this site more love in 2014, I love my blog, I just find it hard to share when times are hard, I can only do my processing in private I guess!
Good news, I found my copy of your novel, somehow it was deep under my bed. I’m blaming John Taylor from Duran Duran, I think he got fed up that I’d renewed his autobiography seven times and not got round to reading it and hid it.
Thank you for being so positive about the newbie and 2014. I hope it’s a great year for you (and Ron) too xx
Aw thank you 🙂 I never feel I do nearly enough, but there you go! 😉
I tend to back off social media when I have inner processing to do – or just need quiet time – and fully understand the need to back off and work through things. That’s life – we’re humans before we’re bloggers and writers!
Hoorah! Shame on JT for hiding CQ from you! 😛
It WILL be a great year. I’ve decided. And so it is! x
Hi Yasmin, love the blog – you are not a bad blogger at all! I am currently studying for my MA in International Journalism at Brunel! I know you went there too as I read about Gunshot Glitter in ‘The Link’ magazine. We are currently brainstorming for the next issue of Brunel’s ‘LaunchPad’ magazine, which is completely designed and written by students. The magazine is based around entrepreneurialism and I would love to interview you and possibly write a feature as I know you self-published the last novel. Nothing is set in stone yet but would you be interested? Jessamy