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Blog Tours 102: Working with a Blog Tour Organizer

On last week’s Social Media Monday post, I wrote about my experience with setting up my own tour  in Blog Tours 101: Setting up your own virtual book tour. This week, I’m sharing my experience and tips for working with a blog tour organizer. Finding an organizer Finances are very much a consideration for me when(...)

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Blog Tours 101: Setting Up Your Own Virtual Book Tour

Blog tours to promote books — known as virtual book tours — are commonplace in today’s social networking world. While many services exist that help set up such tours, some authors choose to set up their own, often for financial reasons. Such was the case when I was looking to promote my debut novel; Sins of(...)

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Of Writing Detours and Shiny New Projects…

If you’re a Grigori Legacy series fan and you follow me on Facebook and/or Twitter, you may have seen my posts about a new project that appears to be taking me down an entirely new path. This may have inspired slight panic among those of you who are patiently waiting on book 4, Sins of the Warrior(...)

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Cat Thursday: The Very Demanding Itty Bitty Pretty Kitty

Welcome to Cat Thursday, a weekly meme started by the True Book Addict to celebrate our feline friends. If you have a blog and you’d like to join the fun, you can post anything cat, and then share the link on True Book Addict’s post for others to find. Some time ago, I started using coconut oil(...)

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Update on Fighting Butt-In-Chair Syndrome

So I’ve been at my BIC Syndrome makeover challenge for almost two months now, and I thought it was about time I give you the promised update. To be honest, I’ve been putting off doing so, because it has been way more of a challenge than I anticipated…and frankly, I’m not impressed with my results so(...)

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The Great Wattpad Marketing Experiment: Updated Numbers

We’re now three and a half months into my Great Wattpad Marketing Experiment. For those of you who are following this experiment and considering taking the Wattpad plunge yourself, I wanted to give you an update so you can get a feel for how well (or not) it’s working. First, a look at Part 1 of the experiment(...)

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The Great Wattpad Experiment: Updated Numbers

We’re now three and a half months into my Great Wattpad Experiment. For those of you who are following this experiment and considering taking the Wattpad plunge yourself, I wanted to give you an update so you can get a feel for how well (or not) it’s working. First, a look at Part 1 of the experiment The(...)

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Cat Thursday: Kitty Highs

Welcome to Cat Thursday, a weekly meme started by the True Book Addict to celebrate our feline friends. If you have a blog and you’d like to join the fun, you can post anything cat, and then share the link on True Book Addict’s post for others to find. Last weekend at the farmer’s market, I came(...)

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Pictures From a Roadtrip: Westport, Ontario

With my husband just three years from retirement  and the kids mostly out of the house (we have just one remaining), we’ve recently begun giving some thought to where we might like to spend the next 20-30 years (or more…I’m an optimist ). I’m holding out for the country — or at least smaller town!(...)

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Cat Thursday: Why It’s Called a “Cat Tree”

Welcome to Cat Thursday, a weekly meme started by the True Book Addict to celebrate our feline friends. If you have a blog and you’d like to join the fun, you can post anything cat, and then share the link on True Book Addict’s post for others to find. This week, I’m sharing a photo of both(...)

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