Are the Garden Dragon books going to be translated into English? It looks like something my Mom would really like, she's obsessed with dragons.
THANK YOU!!!
Aww man you have no idea how much it means to me to read that people are still interested in my Gardendragon books 😭😭💖
I HAVE been working on and off on an English translation myself actually! But I'm currently stuck on the Gardening chapter, which has been rEALLY hard to translate due to me having to double-check my plant register for potential invasive plants. Since the original German version strictly orientates itself on plants native to GERMANY, I have to make sure I don't accidentally recommend plants that would be INVASIVE in the UK! I think I'd genuinely need the help of a British botanist to go over everything...
I have to admit I'm currently floating in limbo with the books. I've been investing most my time in other projects like my pokemon comics, commissions, new merch such as my Herds of Epona cards... mainly due to the fact that I don't know where to go to next with my books. Just submitting them to a publisher without any Vitamin B is almost a lost cause with how many thousands of submissions publishers get each day.
I REALLY want to republish my books but I know I'd have greater chances if I'd know more people within the industry with direct contacts to publishers or book agents. I need to meet someone who REALLY listens to my pitch and recognizes the potential the Gardendragons hold for a worldwide release. I have THREE MANUSCRIPTS in my folder for TWO NOVELS and the main guide book for crying out loud!!
I have also been thinking about self-publishing, but it's the same issue: I need people who'd HELP me with this, I can't do the book layout by myself and I also would have to do a TON of self-advertisement and that's a ridiculous amount of unpaid time to invest...
I guess I'm waiting for the universe to tell me what to do next. I'm not giving up on the Gardendragons, I've put WAY too much work and heart into them to ever abandon them and I've SEEN the results first-hand of how they positively affect both children in adults in appreciating nature, growing more aware of their surroundings and reshaping their gardens to be a paradise for both humans AND insects. The books had the EXACT EFFECT on people I WANTED it to have, IT'S A FREAKING GOLD-MINE MAN!!!
But for now all I can do is keep going, work on the translation whenever I can and hope for new people to come into my life to help me find my next step on this journey 😟😔🐉🌺💖
I have a webpage on my homepage by the way describing the Gardendragons book series for an online pitch, available in both English and German