Book Reviewer Linkup Meme John Ottinger’s Grasping the Wind blog offers an incredible resource for speculative fiction, horror and fantasy authors searching for sites that will review their work. Today, Ottinger shares how his blog started. In 2004, at the prompting of a friend, I began a little blog called Grasping for the Wind. After [...]
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Grasping the Wind
October 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
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Got Promotions Suggestions? Help This Author with Marketing
October 12th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
Recently, YA author Brenda Estacio commented at Market My Novel: During my experience in getting Gateway To DreamWorld published, I learned a lot about the real world hidden behind the publishing scene. I once believed that the publisher handled all the marketing after the book was released. Now I am totally lost in what to [...]
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Will Giving Away a MacBook Increase Sales? by Michelle Gagnon
October 7th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
Michelle Gagnon I promoted my last book release by holding a drawing for a Kindle reader. People called me a fool. Even my agent expressed concern that I was overdoing it, that there was no guarantee that a big ticket giveaway would translate into sales. Perhaps. After all, the old marketing adage is that fifty [...]
Be Kind to Your Publicist
September 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
What does it take to get your publicist to work for you? Cookies. Yummy, delicious, sugary treats. Think that’s a fluke? Think again. Susan Schwartzman of Susan Schwartzman Public Relations offers a terrific look at how a box of cookies saved her day – and got an author some major publicity – at Your Shelf Life.
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The Politics of Social Media
August 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
My highly-opinionated, redheaded self simply cannot resist sharing my thoughts on politics and spreading the word about potentially bad bills to my social network followers. During my time in journalism, I was very careful to keep my opinions out of life. I felt like it would be too easy for people to say I was [...]
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How to Pitch Your Work to Radio Hosts
August 16th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
A few weeks ago, my friend and Missouri radio personality Mary Furness was kind enough to do a quick interview about the best ways authors can approach radio stations for spots. Radio is an incredibly affordable way to reach a large audience. While Internet radio is making great strides, traditional broadcast venues are still key [...]
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Orphan Author Says Horror Flick Will Hurt Abandoned Children
July 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
I’ve been dying to see the new horror flick, Orphan, only because I haven’t seen a really good, scary film in a long, long time. While doing some research for a client today, I came across an article in the River Front Times of St. Louis, talking about a news release from an author who came out swinging against the…
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Facebook Fan Boxes Spread the Love
July 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Market My Novel, Uncategorized
Yesterday, Facebook announced a new initiative for users of Fan Pages. The social networking beheemoth now offers Fan Boxes you can add to your Web site. These boxes show your live Facebook stream, as well as fans of your page. It also has a button folks can hit and instantly become fans on Facebook. Newsweek integrated a Fan Box on…
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