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Please join me in welcoming Karen Wyle, a sci-fi author with lots of excellent advice for writers. 1. Where are you from? I was born a Connecticut Yankee, and moved to California when I was eight years old. (Three years later, we visited the mountains and I clambered up the first snowy slope, wild with [...]  My good friend, fellow author, and one of the first female motorcycle racers in the world, Birgit Soyka, has taken the next step in book promotion. No simple book trailer for her. Take a look at her innovative music video. Hopefully, it will inspire you to read her fabulous memoir, To Drink the Wild Air. [...] If you’re an author or business owner, Pinterest is a new way to help establish your brand. If you’re an author with a book on Shelfari, you can set your book apart by adding unique extras that can help people who are either reading your book or deciding if they want to read it. A big thank you to Dee Owen for posting my interview in her blog, Mum’s Writings, Mystery and More. We authors are always looking for unique ways to promote our books. One idea is to create your own holiday, or even better, link your book to a holiday someone else has already created. A friend of mine just got out of a publishing contract because she hated the cover design they presented to her. Her gut told her it sent the wrong message. This may be the best decision she has ever made. On the first rainy night of the year, I was very concerned about how many people would come out for our presentation, “So You Want to Write a Book,” at the Clayton Library. Nothing is more off-putting than a blatant plea to “buy my book.” I see this on a number of sites I belong to along with “vote for my blog,” or “vote for my book trailer.” My reaction – hit the delete button. Now that I’m about to upload Husbands May Come and Go but Friends are Forever to Smashwords, I’m researching what other authors have done to promote their eBooks. |
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