Sunday, 22 June 2014

Just when you were wondering if I was ever going to write about Cuba ...

Well, the manuscript is almost back from the copy editor. If it's too smothered in red it might be several days (or even weeks) before I can tease it into an ebook. But it will happen.

It already has a blurb:


It’s time for JO CARROLL to pack her rucksack again, and this time she’s heading west, to Cuba.
Everyone, it seems, has been to Cuba, or wants to go to Cuba, or knows about it. Cuba, they insist, is on the brink of change. A market economy will finally see off the old cars and rationing. They’ve been saying that for decades. But what face does Cuba present to a tourist in 2014?
She finds salsa, of course, and cigars, and wonderful coffee. But what surprises wait for her when the music stops?


It even has a  cover:



For which, as usual, I am indebted to Mark Smart.

And if anyone should ask nicely for a review copy, then you can have one. Just get in touch.
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9 comments:

  1. Vallypee22 June 2014 at 20:06

    Ooh, how thrilling! I love the cover! I'm very much looking forward to this, Jo...

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    1. JO23 June 2014 at 05:16

      I'll nudge you when it makes it to Amazon, Val. And you are one of the people who has been asking for a print book - that is on the way, promise!

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  2. Anne Mackle22 June 2014 at 22:17

    Editing and I can't wait to review it. I will certainly being reviewing it Jo but I will buy my copy .

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    1. JO23 June 2014 at 05:16

      That's very kind of you, Anne - thank you.

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  3. Miriam Drori24 June 2014 at 05:03

    I won't ask for a review copy. I think I got one last time (if I remember rightly). I will buy one if it's available somewhere other than Amazon. I hope it is.

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    1. JO24 June 2014 at 07:34

      Thanks for this. It will be on Kobo and Smashwords - and if you've a problem, please come back to me. (You posted another wonderful comment and for some reason blogger has eaten it - I do hope it is re-emerges as if was so thoughtful.

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    2. Miriam Drori26 June 2014 at 20:55

      The one about Berlin? It's there now.

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    3. JO26 June 2014 at 20:57

      Found it!! Thanks again.

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  4. A Cuban In London29 June 2014 at 01:46

    I like the blurb. About the cover, at first I was taken aback, until I remember the time when I asked a friend of mine to give us a few photos for our brochure (I used to be a tour-operator for the west Indies, including Cuba), only to be told no by my boss because my friend's photos were too "artistic". Basically, there were not many people smoking cigars and driving old American cars. With that in mind, I like your cover, it's different and refreshing. Plus, we don't what the furture will bring to my country, so there might be vultures, although I tend to think they will not prevail. I need to hold onto that hope.

    Greetings from London.

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