📚 I’ve been told that books that light me up. Fiction and non-fiction. Ones that are new to me and ones that I’m rereading.

Run Rose Run wouldn’t usually be up my street. I generally prefer more dragons.

However, it’s by Dolly Parton, and a phrase in the blurb, ‘Every song tells a story’, got me straight away.

And Val McDermid said, ‘Warm, feisty. Like having Dolly in the room with you.’

I’m a Dolly fan. I’ve seen her live twice.

What’s the link with marketing?

Run Rose Run ties back to talking about how to market a book last month.

This is the first time I’ve seen a book advertised in quite this way.

I was just watching the telly, and suddenly I saw Dolly Parton with James Patterson and their book.

This was unusual.

My attention was caught.

I bought the book immediately.

Storytelling

My first thought was that that James Patterson would do the heavy lifting. However, it was crystal clear that Dolly was seriously involved. So many details about musicians in rehearsal rooms and country music.

And without doubt, she’s a storyteller.

The two authors together wrote a good story. I enjoyed it. And I lent it to my mum.

The piece of history rabbit hole

The rabbit hole I want to go down is that when we went over to see my mum and dad this weekend, my mum gave the book back to me, and I knew it would be this month’s post.

I got my daughter to take the photos in my mum and dad’s garden.

Can you see the ladder on the wall with plants standing on or hanging down from it? 

My mum had the idea to make this and my dad executed her idea. The ladder is about a hundred years old – it belonged to my grandad.

This feels like a beautiful piece of history.

What lights me up?

This book has so many routes to resonance for me: the Dolly link, the unusual marketing, sharing it with my mum, my daughter taking these photos, and the beautiful piece of history in the garden. This book lights me up 💡

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📚 I’m Lisa. I’m an editor and proofreader, specialising in business books and fiction. I’d love to connect with your book and understand your context too. Please do book a video call or email me to talk about editing or proofreading for your book.