#PostcardStories2 — Blog

"Launching a Book in a Pandemic Take 2" or "Really, You're Going to Put Yourself Through This Again."

The Last Resort, my series of linked short stories set in a caravan park in Ballycastle is being published next Thursday. Yes, that is April 1st. And, yes I am trying not to read too much into that date. This will be my second attempt to launch a book during Lockdown. Postcard Stories 2 came out back in August. I don’t know anyone else who’s published two books during Lockdown, (cue everyone tweeting to point out writers who’ve published three or four), so I’m setting myself up as a kind of expert, offering straight from the hip, hard learnt wisdom and advice to the very very many people who are sending their wee books out into a locked down world.

Julie CarsonMarch 25, 2021#PostcardStories2, The Last Resort, Pandemic, Book Launch

Happy Sad

Here’s the thing, I thought the hardest thing about living by myself during whatever we’re calling this strange peri-apocalyptic period would be navigating the sad stuff alone. I thought I’d be at my lowest when I was at my lowest, (if that’s not stating the obvious).

Julie CarsonAugust 8, 2020#PostcardStories2, The Emma Press, Benjamin Phillips, Eastside Arts