Launch day - We Are The Ululating Tzatziki is officially OUT

Well, it's a pretty amazing feeling.

A bit of backstory (which is nothing unusual, but hey) it all started in 2017 when I wrote a short story with the same title, which got published on Space Squid (thanks, y'all!). That gave me a bit of a confidence boost, which became this notion that perhaps I could make it into a novel. Which I wrote (badly) then rewrote (badly) then rewrote again multiple times (badly) and finally sent to a bunch of publishers and agents, a small number of whom were nice enough to take the time to say "no" (without going into more details). I got all slouchy about it and while I don't want to say I gave up, it did put a downer on things.

What helped me more than anything was the one literary agent (who represented Iain M. Banks, of all people) who took the time to reply in full. He said that even IMB (I think, a spectacularly talented writer) needed six complete novels over ten years before anyone paid him any attention. I'm indebted to that person, and I wrote back to him to give my heartfelt thanks. After that, I re-read my material for the hundredth time and I realised that weirdly enough I actually still enjoyed re-reading it. So, crazy me decided, well, I'm not giving up.

And here we are. Apart from that: support from friends, family... can't thank you enough. Now, I'd better start a sequel...