I’ll finish out this week of marketing tips talking about actual promotion type “things”. Last year at Ellora Cave’s Romanticon a reader said, “I think of a promotional item from an author as a gift. And I really appreciate it.” Wow. I mean, wow, did that ever resonate with me. I may be trying to [...]
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Today I’d like to talk about getting your name out there. How and where do you find the readers? Trust me when I say this is the million dollar question. Readers are everywhere on the net, at reader’s conferences and bookstores and the trick is to figure out how to find the bulk of them [...]
If you ask a writer if they could do anything they wanted what would it be? You most likely will hear … write. And from the writing we hopefully birth books that go out into the world and find readers. Yay! But all writing and publishing does not a successful writer make … unfortunately. Nope. [...]
Where does an author go to keep in touch with and find new readers? Where do we hang out to gain words of wisdom from successful authors? And how do we do all this without sucking so much time from our day that we don’t have time to write? These are all questions authors ask [...]
To Market in 140 or Less
Published April 18th, 2009 in Marketing, Ramblings and twitter. 18 CommentsTwitter. One word that has totally sucked me in. I will admit–I’m in love. Addicted. Totally enamored of this social meda tool that is creeping up on Facebook and MySpace, putting the estimated number of unique monthly visitors at between 6 and 8 million. (Wikipedia) Twitter is the brainchild of Jack Dorsey who posted his first tweet on [...]
Yes, the elections are only one week away, but that’s not what I was referring to. I was reminding you of my lovely gift basket give-away! The basket includes: Note cards 2009 Desk Calendar Yankee Candle “Tilling Passions” Coffee Mug Car Freshener Other little goodies Entering is easy. 1. Go to my WEBSITE 2. Email [...]
Roscoe’s Electronic Ramblings
Published September 23rd, 2008 in Books, Guest Blogging and Marketing. 16 CommentsRead a good book lately? You know – you find them on bookshelves in libraries and bookstores, on the nightstand beside your bed, in the back of the closet taking up space, stacked in a corner of the garage (read those, now what do I do with them?), in your carryon while traveling, in [...]
Yes, it is a Big Hairy Deal!
Published September 14th, 2008 in Book Release, Book Trailer, Excerpts, Marketing and furry fluffy and wild. 2 CommentsIt’s finally here! I didn’t think we’d ever get to today! But Monday, September 15 at 7:00 pm EDT, Furry, Fluffy, and Wild will finally be available from Liquid Silver Books! Yaaay! I’m so excited. Back in February or so, Celia Kyle put out a call to other authors interested in participating in a shifter [...]
Crossing the Line
Published August 11th, 2008 in Curiosity, Marketing, Nina, Opinions and Writing. ClosedWhen people interview me one of the questions that always seems to pop up is “why do you write in different genres?” The question surprised me. I thought, writing a story is writing a story. But then I started reading marketing advice for writers. Branding is a word that continued to be bantered around. Did [...]
Thirteen Things you should know about Blind Love!
Published April 23rd, 2008 in Book Release, Book Trailer, Bragging, Erotica, Marketing, Thursday Thirteen and Tilling Passions. 30 CommentsSo this week is all about shameless promotion. Here are thirteen reasons I believe you should run right out and buy my latest release, Blind Love. 1. It has LOTS of hot sex in it! 2. This is the first story in a three book erotic suspense series, but each story stands alone, so you’re [...]
