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Waiting for a new book to come out is anxiety-producing, at least for me. T minus 30 days and counting for Fresh From the Farm<\/i><\/a>. Until the official pub date (Feb.11), that is. But actually, the very first advanced copies have arrived at The Taunton Press in Connecticut, and one is on its way to me via Fed Ex. So this morning I have been clicking on and off the Fed Ex tracking site, following the package. (It\u2019s currently in Middleboro, Mass.) Even if it gets to the Island tomorrow, that\u2019s no guarantee it will get to me. But if I keep tracking it, once I see it\u2019s on-Island, I could always go over to the airport, where the Fed Ex office is, and terrorize them, hoping not to get arrested. But I\u2019d have to beat Roy over there, as he\u2019s the one who told me to call them this morning! He\u2019s excited too. (Screen shot above is galley of front and back covers).<\/p>\n

\"corn<\/a>Biding my time, I walked a few laps around the cornfields out back (each is about the length of 5 or 6 football fields, so the fact that I am circling is not too obvious.) That took care of some of my energy.<\/p>\n

So now I am back to my desk, doing \u201cmy job\u201d\u2014the only job an author with a book coming out in a month can do: Working on promotion. Honestly, it\u2019s not nearly as much fun as writing the book, as I hate having to put myself out there. But I am fiercely determined to do what I can with this book. (The whole getting-to-write-books-for-a-living thing is huge incentive. And that all goes away if your books don\u2019t sell well. Hence, you get off your butt and promote yourself. Right, Susie?)<\/p>\n

This time around, putting myself out there also meant doing a promotional video. As with a lot of things, it had to come together pretty quickly last fall before the vegetables all went away. But that was a good thing, as it didn\u2019t give me time to fret, or do things like hire a makeup artist or wardrobe consultant. (It\u2019s a farm, after all and it is what it is!) But the whole experience was very positive because I did it with two wonderful friends, Katie Hutchison and Chris Hufstader. Thankfully, this wife-and-husband duo has experience filming and editing videos. (See architect Katie\u2019s many talents on her website<\/a>. And here\u2019s a video<\/a> Chris worked on as part of his job in communications with Oxfam America, which takes him all over the world.)<\/p>\n

Now I have finally managed (overcoming my technological limitations) to get the video to go live on YouTube<\/a> and here on Sixburnersue. (You can watch the short version by clicking below, or the longer version, which includes more about the food in the book,\u00a0in the sidebar of the blog, at top right.)<\/p>\n