If you're looking for a Valentine's Day book, here's something unique. Grá mo Chroí: Love Stories from Irish Myth is available on Amazon. Stop by Authors to Watch to meet the authors.
Stop Procrastinating and Write Your Book
As a wife and mom, I've spent the past many years putting others ahead of myself. Kids, of course, always take top priority especially when they're young and depending on mom for everything. Siblings, parents, spouses, and friends - these are people who are important in our lives and who depend on us. There will … Continue reading Stop Procrastinating and Write Your Book
Follow-up to #Authors #Marketing Yourself and your Work article…
If you read all (or parts) of Susan Toy's 5-part marketing series, you might be interested in reading this summary on Chris the Story Reading Ape's blog. Links to each episode are listed at the bottom of the post, so if you missed any parts of the series, you can easily click to be directed … Continue reading Follow-up to #Authors #Marketing Yourself and your Work article…
Snowpocalypse
The past two days, I've been working on the sequel to The Seance. It's the first time in over a month that I've done any significant writing. It's probably because I'm practically housebound due to our third winter storm in only two weeks. Snowpocalypse!!! It's our second winter living in New England. Last year we … Continue reading Snowpocalypse
#Authors #Marketing Yourself and Your Work (Final) Part FIVE
Here’s part five to Susan Toy’s five-part marketing series hosted on Chris the Story Reading Ape’s blog! Again, it’s full of helpful information for authors.
The following is an extract from a talk delivered at the Calgary Public Library in Feb. 2011.
Part 5
Another area of promotion you should consider developing – and only do this if you are comfortable with it – is speaking engagements. Speaking engagements are something your publisher will not arrange for you, unless they are approached directly by a group inviting you to speak. Make sure you are either allowed to sell books or that a bookseller has been asked to look after sales wherever you appear.
Here’s another important statistic I gleaned from reading Get Known Before the Book Deal: Authors who speak at events sell three times as many books. (This book is listed in the bibliography at the end of this post.)
You can give a straight reading from your book, but my preference is to hear an author talk about how…
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