Thursday, 29 September 2011
Eating Grandma
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Sometimes a humorous quip can drive home the importance of things. Here's one for grammar - I absolutely love it ...
Sometimes a humorous quip can drive home the importance of things. Here's one for grammar - I absolutely love it ...
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
Book Promotion
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Well, that four week vacation soon whizzed by. It feels like I've hardly been away. There's a load of work waiting in the garden and pool area - including some tiles that have mysteriously dropped off. I'll have to get stuck in before the autumn rains hit us. We don't have rain very often but boy, does it know how to rain when it does.
I thought you might like to share this morsel of advice I received. As far as I'm concerned ANY help with book promotion is useful. I absolutely hate it.
Don’t forget - whatever approach you take, you should always deliver something of value.
Well, that four week vacation soon whizzed by. It feels like I've hardly been away. There's a load of work waiting in the garden and pool area - including some tiles that have mysteriously dropped off. I'll have to get stuck in before the autumn rains hit us. We don't have rain very often but boy, does it know how to rain when it does.
I thought you might like to share this morsel of advice I received. As far as I'm concerned ANY help with book promotion is useful. I absolutely hate it.
One way to promote your book is to tailgate audiences of others who have already established clout with your intended readership - people such as specialists in your sphere, authors in your genre, reviewers, reporters, bloggers, radio or TV presenters, and magazine editors.
Ways to schmooze with people who have clout.
- Hook up with them on social networks and interact with them.
- Make particular and useful observations on their blogs or articles.
- Invite them to post as a guest on your own blog.
- Review their books and post the review on your blog. Share the review on Amazon GoodReads, LibraryThing or Shelfari.
- Re-tweet their relevant posts on Twitter - do it more than once. A regular RT will get noticed by them - and remembered by their fans and followers.
- When you've cultivated an association, you might buttonhole them, suggesting ways you might operate together.
Don’t forget - whatever approach you take, you should always deliver something of value.
Monday, 29 August 2011
Review of Deception Creek by Terry Persun
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Deception Creek by Terry Persun
The hypothesis is good and promises to make a good story. However, the central characters are perhaps not sufficiently fleshed out to for us to fully empathise with them. The story also finishes rather hurriedly, and doesn’t take us on the journey it promises at the outset.
Deception Creek by Terry Persun
Book Description
Secrets from the past overtake a man who never knew his father. Will old wrongs destroy him or will he rebuild his life? Billy Maynard, raised by his mother and grandparents, comes home from college for the summer and meets Jack, an ex-con. When Billy's mother forbids him to speak with Jack, Billy wants to know why. The answers he unravels lead from deception to deception leading back to a terrible incident at the creek bend one spring night long ago. The truth about what happened, once uncovered, still has toxic effect on everything that Billy cares about. He will lose everything unless he can find the strength to transform a malignant past into a future of reconciliation and hope.
Billy comes home from college and learns that his life is a lie and that his family is full of secrets.
Secrets from the past overtake a man who never knew his father. Will old wrongs destroy him or will he rebuild his life? Billy Maynard, raised by his mother and grandparents, comes home from college for the summer and meets Jack, an ex-con. When Billy's mother forbids him to speak with Jack, Billy wants to know why. The answers he unravels lead from deception to deception leading back to a terrible incident at the creek bend one spring night long ago. The truth about what happened, once uncovered, still has toxic effect on everything that Billy cares about. He will lose everything unless he can find the strength to transform a malignant past into a future of reconciliation and hope.
Billy comes home from college and learns that his life is a lie and that his family is full of secrets.
The hypothesis is good and promises to make a good story. However, the central characters are perhaps not sufficiently fleshed out to for us to fully empathise with them. The story also finishes rather hurriedly, and doesn’t take us on the journey it promises at the outset.
Friday, 26 August 2011
Is Your Book Different?
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Book promotion - I hate it.
When promoting a novel, you must persuade readers and reviewers that your story is distinctive and unique. As an author, if you don't understand why your book is unique, then they won’t either.
To become successful, your book needs to be innovative, distinctive, fresh, and stimulating - be sure to let people know just what those attributes are.
Your book needs to have a reason for being there. Undertaking that dreaded book promotion, is an ideal time to explain things. Make sure readers understand why they should read your story, and what they will get from it if they do.
Book promotion - I hate it.
When promoting a novel, you must persuade readers and reviewers that your story is distinctive and unique. As an author, if you don't understand why your book is unique, then they won’t either.
Here are some things you might ponder on, before trying to explain your book:
- What makes you believe your story treats an old theme with a new twist
- In what way does your book serve a market that other books in the same category do not
- If your tale isn't different, why did you write it?
To become successful, your book needs to be innovative, distinctive, fresh, and stimulating - be sure to let people know just what those attributes are.
Your book needs to have a reason for being there. Undertaking that dreaded book promotion, is an ideal time to explain things. Make sure readers understand why they should read your story, and what they will get from it if they do.
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