Recently I asked the book therapy team for blogging ideas. The newly contract Lisa Jordan asked: “What about something for the debut author? Some of us are still a little foggy about what types of promotion work, how much of our advance to use for marketing, juggling different stages of book 1 while writing book 2, managing writing time while dealing with other life obligations–job, family, church, etc.” Great question, Lisa! In this ever changing world of publishing, e-books on the rise, the popularity of electronically self publishing, it seems the author has to be writer, promoter and marketer. When I was first published seven years ago, there were twitterings of an author spending half of their advance on promotion, but I thought those were just rumors. Heresay. What “one” […]
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Andrea Nell Saving Savannah Contemporary Romance What if a rescuer falls in love with the widowed husband of the woman she failed to save? Layla yearns to belong but wounds from her past have scarred deep. Luke couldn’t ask for a better nanny or friend than Layla, but Savannah needs a new mother. Layla must embrace God’s healing grace so she can win Luke’s heart before someone else claims her place in his family. http://andrea-michelle-wood.blogspot.com Casey Herringshaw Releasing Yesterday Women’s Fiction All Jenna Hutch wants is a chance at normal newlywed bliss. But a haunting past and the secret of an unborn child threaten to unravel the fragile hope she has placed in tomorrow. Jenna Hutch wants what every bride desires—a chance at happiness: a normal, loving bond with her […]
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