05/07/2024
Friends, I need your help or advice! Many of you often tell me that you are touched by my writings even if what I write here is in English or Norwegian which are not my mother tongue.
What many of you don't know is that I published a book, "Je te cherchais et je me suis perdue" (I was looking for you and I got lost) and everyone who read it tells me how much it impacted them! After hearing or reading so many people telling me the same things, I have now begun to believe that there must be some truth in so many beautiful words, because so many people who do not know each other cannot lie about the same edifying things. The reviews I receive of the book are encouraging. And even though somewhere inside me there is this belief, "Grace, you're not good enough," the feedback I'm getting from the book has planted a seed in me and I'm now starting to believe that, hmmm, maybe I have actually written a good book worthy of being read and known?
My challenge is that I wrote this book in French which is my mother tongue but I live in Norway, a country where people speak Norwegian (and English), which makes promoting the book here pointless. And traveling around the world to French-speaking countries to attend book events is very expensive and I simply can't afford it.
But thanks to the growing seed of encouragement within me, I have now begun to believe that, hmmm, what if it is true that my book has a wide audience? I've now begun to recognize that, hmmm, what if my book wasn't just supposed to sleep on my shelf as a decoration? What if I actually jumped and shared this book? I now started to believe that, hmmm, what if I took a step to reach out to the world and stop hiding? What if I listened to the Voice telling me to dare to be vulnerable and to really go out and let the world know about my book?
But, i humbly have to admit that i don't know how to do it! So, I'm writing this as a first step to the direction of faith to really start to calling forth the audience of this book and at the same time sending out a call for help to any of you who have any tips or advice that could lead me to reach a larger number of readers. Any Advices ?
With gratitude,
Grace
