Nicole Loufas's Blog, page 2
July 13, 2018
If you’re reading this, I’ve done something right.
Hello and Thank you for stopping by!
I felt like I should post something since it’s been forever.
We are less than a week away from BOOK BONANZA 18!!! I am beyond excited.
Per usual, the universe likes to knock me back a step or two.
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The last time this happened, I was riding a high after a writing conference when 4 agents asked to review Thizz. The next day I hit a light pole in the rain and it fell on my car and nearly crushed me to death.
It was probably just my really bad driving skills b...
December 5, 2017
Book Blitz Results
The final numbers are in from my book blitz!
The promo was featuring Got Mine at a discounted price of $.99 (from $2.99).
COST:
BookBub Featured Deal: $272 (Ad ran for one day: Wednesday, November 29th)
Robin Reads: $65 (Featured in the November 29th email)
Facebook Ads: $250 (Ran from Nov 29-Dec 5th)
Book Blitz: $90 (Ran Nov 29-Dec 5th)
TOTAL SPENT: $677
RESULTS:
Prior to November 29, 2017 I had ZERO sales on Kobo, iBooks, Nook, or any of the other 24 places Draft2Digital makes your...
December 1, 2017
21 Days of Giveaways!
I am excited to be teaming up with 20 amazing PLN authors to give you our First Annual PLN Author Blog Hop!
For the next 21 days, there will be giveaways each day on the different author’s pages. Stop by and visit all of us, look around, check out our books—you might find a new author that you want to follow 
November 29, 2017
Got Mine Book Blitz
There’s this thing writers can do to boost sales. It’s called begging. Joking.
Seriously, a book blitz is a great way to get your book in front of a wider audience. I started this blitz journey when Got Mine was selected for a Book Bub featured deal.
I read an article once about a woman that created a marketing plan around her BookBub deal and hit the USA Today Best Seller list. She spent thousands, yes thousands of dollars [image error]on Facebook Ads in additional to promoting in other markets.
I am run...
October 27, 2017
Traveling Bookshelf!
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I can’t wait to go back to Texas!
Seriously. Growing up in California is like being raised in North Korea. We are taught that California is the BEST state. People born in other states are, well, unfortunate and sad. California is the most visited state in the union. Our economy if 4th in the word.
In. The. World.
[image error]I’ll have some Sway Butter at the signing!When a Californian ventures out the other areas of the country, we never plan to find anything close to being as cool as us.
This was my...
September 22, 2017
Got Mine
I am so humbled by this review.
“When his precocious daughter is accepted into a hipster private school – Theodore Sway sacrifices his ego, his morals, and his body hair so Lulu isn’t damned to a life of ramen noodles and broken dreams.
Theo takes a job at Trance; the city’s only women’s club, and soon becomes its star attraction. That still isn’t enough to pay his daughter’s tuition and the ever-rising cost of his San Francisco neighborhood. With the help of Rico, a fellow e...
July 23, 2017
New Release and Stuff…
It’s been awhile cause I’ve been busy doing busy writer shit.
That’s a joke…kind of.
New Release: I did finish the first novel in my next series. As per usual, it is nothing like I’ve written before. It’s a new adult sexy dad thing. Not quite a romance. Not really a comedy. Although the early reviews all seem to think it’s funny. I guess the public will decide. Check GOT MINE here.
Query Update: I decided to send the manuscript that was kindly rejected, to an editor/proofreader. She is someo...
June 19, 2017
May 18, 2017
Query Quest 2017: Go? No go?
I’m sure all my readers are eager to know how my query quest is going. For those that don’t know what the hell is going on I’ll give a brief synopsis.
In March I sent a query to an agent, cause that’s how you query. [image error]
I waited 6 long weeks for her reply. (Six weeks is standard for query replies)
During that time I read my MS and realized it wasn’t really the best it could be so I sent it to someone else to read. She agreed. SO, I prepared myself for the standard boiler plate rejection.
To m...
March 29, 2017
Query Quest 2017
I sent a query to an agent. I realized after I sent it that I didn’t mention anything about being self-published. It bothered me at first, but now it’s like, whatever. Does it really even matter? My first book bounces around in the top 100,000 on Kindle’s paid list. It’s better than the top 500,000, right? I wondered if my self-published success or failure would impact an agent’s desire to work with me.
After I sent the query I started stalking websites of other agents I might query. Here’s t...
