Bookends Publishing is excited to announce that travel memoir Destination Dachshund: Three Months, Three Generations & Sixty Dachshunds by Lisa Fleetwood has won the Gold Medal in the ‘Non-Fiction – Travel’ category in the Readers’ Favorite International Book Award Contest!
Recently the Australian Writers’ Centre interviewed me about my travel memoir, Destination Dachshund: Three Months, Three Generations & Sixty Dachshunds. I am so excited to share the interview where I talk about the book, self-publishing and why I chose to do it, and how I became a best seller on Amazon.
I’ve done four (or maybe five) courses at the centre and all have been beneficial to honing my skills as a writer – all of which contributed to my eventual publication. But there is more to just doing writing courses than working on the craft of writing. It’s about the people you meet there. Generally speaking your writer friends are your allies, the bright sparks at the end of a disappointing day writing (or not writing), your wing-ladies and men.
Prior to 2011, when I began to regularly attend courses, workshops and literary events I was doing it alone. I was writing with no-one to bond with, no one to discuss a plot hole with, no one to help me push though writers block, and no-one to rant to when everything I just typed mysteriously disappeared from my computer.
The people I’ve met at courses, workshops, conventions, and festivals are the ones who encouraged me to reach for stars. Yes, of course, my lovely family and other friends do this all the time too – I feel very fortunate and grateful – but there is nothing like bonding over a shared goal… to be published. We all know that no on else gets it like another writer. It’s just a fact.
There are so many positives to writing courses than just the content of the course and fan-girling over legends of Australian literature Kate Forsyth and Garth Nix. Whether it is online or face-to-face these are the places that you will start to meet your writing tribe who continue to support, help, and motivate.
Read the interview with the Australian Writers’ Centre below:
Confessions of a Mad Mooer: Postnatal Depression Sucks by Robin Elizabeth gained media attention recently in the Daily Mail. Interviewed by Lauren Ingram, Robin discusses postnatal depression and her visit to a psychiatric hospital after the birth of her twins. Read the full article here.
Buy the book: Robin shares her experience with postnatal depression in her heartfelt, funny, and raw memoir – a wonderful read for anyone who has experienced postnatal depression, those who love true stories, those who want to gain insight into what some mothers go through, or simply if you are a mother, like myself, who identified with some of the feelings Robin had after becomong a mother. I did when reading the book. My kids are now 18 and 16 but I remember those feelings of inadequacy and constantly wondering whether I was doing the right thing. Becoming a mother is hard, beyond hard – one of the hardest things a woman will experience in her life, but also the most rewarding.
Thank goodness someone finally realised that Robin needed help as she is one of the most wonderful mothers I have ever met. Her journey of healing in Confessions of a Mad Mooer is inspiring.
Buy it HERE.
Enter Lisa Fleetwood’s Goodreads giveaway for your chance to win one of three signed paper back copies of her Amazon best-seller Destination Dachshund: Three Months, Three Generations, & Sixty Dachshunds. (Australia only)
It’s pretty simple – click below and enter the competition at Goodreads!
Merry Christmas!
Giveaway ends December 20, 2016.
See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.
Merry Christmas book lovers!
A little elf told me that you wanted some holiday reading…
Grab signed copies of Amazon best seller Destination Dachshund: Three Months, Three Generations & Sixty Dachshunds or new release (and exclusive first print run) Confessions of a Mad Mooer: Postnatal Depression Sucks.
Contact Bookends Publishing for your very own signed copy. Also available in ebook format HERE
Need a stocking filler, a good read, or a cute dachshund Christmas ornament?
Just for Christmas Amazon Best Seller ‘Destination Dachshund: Three Months, Three Generations & Sixty Dachshunds’ comes with a free gift – a handmade dachshund Christmas ornament. The book is also signed by the author, Lisa Fleetwood.
$22.99 for book and dachshund ornament local Penrith area/Blue Mountains delivery.
*For postage Australia wide: $29.99
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Praise for Destination Dachshund: Three Months, Three Generations & Sixty Dachshunds
“A likable author makes for a likable, dog-centric travel book.” – Kirkus Review
“Fleetwood’s resulting chronicle of a multigenerational family trip—88 days, 15 countries, and 60 dachshund spottings—has an invitingly chatty tone that makes one feel like one is traveling with her.” – Kirkus Review
“I highly recommend this book to any reader who enjoys memoirs, travelogues, history, who has a love for pets, or who is just looking for a great read in general.” – Reviewed By Tracy Slowiak for Readers’ Favorite
‘Destination Dachshund is a truly delightful read with many laugh out loud moments. And it isn’t just a book about travel – even though the extraordinary array of travel experiences captured between the pages is epic. The author unpacks with warmth and humour the intricacies of family relationships, our love of pets, and the joys of travelling with dodgy-kneed grandparents. And then there’s the hilarious dachshund spotting competition. I now find myself scanning walkways and parks for these spunky little dogs.’ — Vanessa, Sydney
“A truly engaging read that is so much more than a travel memoir. Not only does Lisa take us on her 3-month trip of a life time, she also takes us into the heart of her family. While the Fleetwood’s travel through Europe, they must also navigate their own grief. Destination Dachshund is a remarkable book – filled with honesty and humour, and the sights, smells and sounds of amazing locations. It will make you want to hug the ones you love, then book a flight somewhere!” – Sharyn, Springwood, NSW