Toast Wine Bar//Remember Us//Book Clubs

If you haven’t been following along with Layne’s writing journey, here’s a quick re-cap:

• Her book, Remember Us, (which she wrote with her friend Lindsay) came out January 22, 2019.

• She and Lindsay have made themselves available to connect with 100 book clubs (!) and are loving it so far. (If you’re in a book club, know someone in a book club or want to start a book club, THANK YOU for considering our book for your next selection.)

• Layne likes writing. And talking about books.

Last night the Jono half of us put little man to bed and Laynie headed out to the Toast Wine Bar to meet up with their book club. A three-course meal later….

It was an AMAZING night of meeting new friends, eating delectable foods, drinking wine and talking all things Remember Us.

Also: if you haven’t yet visited Toast in downtown Hamilton, you MUST make a date to meet a friend there, your spouse, yourself. It’s quaint, charming, and full of good eats and drinks. You’re welcome.

x.

G-I-V-E-A-W-A-Y

Alright, friends! In honour of the last week of pre-sales for Remember Us (you can buy your one - or ten- copies HERE), Lindsay and I are doing another GIVEAWAY. (You can check it out on our @blakeandbeckner Instagram account. Look for this photo!)

It's hard to describe what this month has been like. We've had an amazing amount of support from people buying our book, messaging us to see how things are going, sharing our posts, etc. I've had people (you know who you are Nicole!) message and ask when I'm next going to be in our office because she has a "Yay you wrote a book!" gift for me. 

We've talked to five publishers, have one contract already in hand, and are already working with a professional editor to fix and fine-tune our book.

We are hoping to finish out with 250 in sales (we're at 190 at the writing of this post.) Either way, we know we faced something that felt terrifying and walked forward anyway. Also, it should be noted: most books sell 200-300 copies in their first year. We're at 190 in our first month! 

It's been one wild ride of a month - hard, good, slow, encouraging, discouraging - but we are ending with so many feelings of love and gratefulness.

Thanks for your support and help along the way!

xo.