Deb Simpson's Blog, page 9
May 8, 2012
The KOOK movie trailer and more...based on the Heavens Gate Cult !
http://thekookmovie.com/film/
Fa is a gentle and unassuming member of an eccentric religious sect cloistered in The Catskill Mountains. On the eve of her group’s scheduled “departure from Earth” Fa discovers that their leader, who appears to them as an alien hologram transmitted from a distant galaxy, is crossing signals with a man named Malcolm who lives close by. After failing to convince the others of what she’s seen, Fa sets out alone into the “real world” to find Malcolm and confront the awful truth face to face.
The Kook is an off-beat comedy that’s at times chilling and poignant, and targets the state of truth in our society.
click on the link to read the full dexcription and see the movie trailer
Fa is a gentle and unassuming member of an eccentric religious sect cloistered in The Catskill Mountains. On the eve of her group’s scheduled “departure from Earth” Fa discovers that their leader, who appears to them as an alien hologram transmitted from a distant galaxy, is crossing signals with a man named Malcolm who lives close by. After failing to convince the others of what she’s seen, Fa sets out alone into the “real world” to find Malcolm and confront the awful truth face to face.
The Kook is an off-beat comedy that’s at times chilling and poignant, and targets the state of truth in our society.
click on the link to read the full dexcription and see the movie trailer
Social Media--to pursue or not?
http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2012/05/02/book-marketing-giving-up-social-media/
Principle #2 – “Go where people already gather, rather than gather a crowd around yourself.”
According to Shiv Singh, social media guru for PepsiCo,
Applying this principle to marketing my personal finance book, Enjoy Your Money!, I found the top 200 personal finance blogs and offered free copies to the bloggers for their review. Almost one in four asked for a copy. Eighteen came through with a review and/or giveaway. It was both cost and time effective. My sales tripled and I didn’t have to keep posting several times a week on my blog. Instead, I went into seclusion to write my next book
click on the link to read all of the principles..
Principle #2 – “Go where people already gather, rather than gather a crowd around yourself.”
According to Shiv Singh, social media guru for PepsiCo,
“The holy grail of social influence marketing is increasingly considered the ability to identify which referent influencers are the most powerful and have the highest impact on brand affinity and purchasing decisions. After you’ve identified them, the next question is, how does a marketer reach these referent influencers that surround their customers?”
Applying this principle to marketing my personal finance book, Enjoy Your Money!, I found the top 200 personal finance blogs and offered free copies to the bloggers for their review. Almost one in four asked for a copy. Eighteen came through with a review and/or giveaway. It was both cost and time effective. My sales tripled and I didn’t have to keep posting several times a week on my blog. Instead, I went into seclusion to write my next book
click on the link to read all of the principles..
May 7, 2012
Don't think you have time for blogging? Here are some ideas!
http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2012/05/author-blogging-101-finding-time-for-blogging/
I am often asked how I get so much done in a day....full time job, reading, doing book reviews, judging ebook competition, marketing my own books, and being President of the Tennessee Writers allliance....and a mother and grandmother...
I use tips like this from the phenomenal Joel Friedlander.....
I maintain an IGoogle page with my GMail and google reader (for the blogs I follow) and my Google Alerts (for the topics i follow) all feeding to my google home page---I check this a few times a day to see if there is anything of interest and when there is, I quickly share it on this blog...
This blog is set up (with feedburner) to forward to Goodreads, Twitter, and Facebook......and I often Google + to cover the new and upcoming social network...
I hope this is helpful..and I'd love to have comments about what you want to see....on this blog.
Tips for Not Going Insane Keeping Up With Your Blog
Keep in mind that you might be hearing about or reading about a lot of these tasks at once, but you don’t have to do them all at once.
If we list all the things we do in a day, it can quickly become pretty overwhelming, even to us!
But realistically, many of these tasks take very little time in themselves.
For instance, checking out a couple of forums to see if there are any posts or questions relating to your topic of interest only takes a few minutes, and leaving a comment only a few more.
You can easily do this task in about 10 minutes a day, and if that’s too much time, you can do it every other day.
For more tips, click on the link above to read the full article ...
I am often asked how I get so much done in a day....full time job, reading, doing book reviews, judging ebook competition, marketing my own books, and being President of the Tennessee Writers allliance....and a mother and grandmother...
I use tips like this from the phenomenal Joel Friedlander.....
I maintain an IGoogle page with my GMail and google reader (for the blogs I follow) and my Google Alerts (for the topics i follow) all feeding to my google home page---I check this a few times a day to see if there is anything of interest and when there is, I quickly share it on this blog...
This blog is set up (with feedburner) to forward to Goodreads, Twitter, and Facebook......and I often Google + to cover the new and upcoming social network...
I hope this is helpful..and I'd love to have comments about what you want to see....on this blog.
Tips for Not Going Insane Keeping Up With Your Blog
Keep in mind that you might be hearing about or reading about a lot of these tasks at once, but you don’t have to do them all at once.
If we list all the things we do in a day, it can quickly become pretty overwhelming, even to us!
But realistically, many of these tasks take very little time in themselves.
For instance, checking out a couple of forums to see if there are any posts or questions relating to your topic of interest only takes a few minutes, and leaving a comment only a few more.
You can easily do this task in about 10 minutes a day, and if that’s too much time, you can do it every other day.
For more tips, click on the link above to read the full article ...
The tricky balance of our creative energy ...and the drive to succeed
http://www.livewritethrive.com/2012/05/07/is-the-drive-for-success-stealing-your-joy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LiveWriteThrive+%28Live+Write+Thrive%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher
As writers we all want to be a success. We want to have our words touch people’s hearts; we want to somehow be immortalized through our work, and at the end of the day we want to sell books. That seems pretty normal—but percolating under the unconscious surface, could there be deeper reasons that being a success is so important to us? And, is the drive to “make it”
Stealing Our Joy?
click the link above to read the full article
This really spoke to me, as some of my joy has been diminished in the past few weeks...Closing The Gate has not sold as many copies as I had hoped it would. I am finding that I need to address my own inner expectations (and isn't that always fun! Not!) ...as my creative energy has been drained---marketing a book, doing readings, signings, talking to booksellers--all a necessary part of the marketing and sales today---has taken my time and energy for creating new writings. and I find myself resenting the time it takes and wanting to hide away in a locked room for a couple of weeks and just recharge.
This article was a good reminder that I am in control of that --my expectations, my reactions, my time.....
It's all a balancing act ....like the people who used to balance plates on stick and try to keep multiple sizes and shapes spinning at different speeds .....it's never easy..and sometimes not a lot of fun....
Does anyone have tips for managing this tricky balance?
As writers we all want to be a success. We want to have our words touch people’s hearts; we want to somehow be immortalized through our work, and at the end of the day we want to sell books. That seems pretty normal—but percolating under the unconscious surface, could there be deeper reasons that being a success is so important to us? And, is the drive to “make it”
Stealing Our Joy?
click the link above to read the full article
This really spoke to me, as some of my joy has been diminished in the past few weeks...Closing The Gate has not sold as many copies as I had hoped it would. I am finding that I need to address my own inner expectations (and isn't that always fun! Not!) ...as my creative energy has been drained---marketing a book, doing readings, signings, talking to booksellers--all a necessary part of the marketing and sales today---has taken my time and energy for creating new writings. and I find myself resenting the time it takes and wanting to hide away in a locked room for a couple of weeks and just recharge.
This article was a good reminder that I am in control of that --my expectations, my reactions, my time.....
It's all a balancing act ....like the people who used to balance plates on stick and try to keep multiple sizes and shapes spinning at different speeds .....it's never easy..and sometimes not a lot of fun....
Does anyone have tips for managing this tricky balance?
May 6, 2012
Jackie Collins--self publisher!
http://jackiecollins.com/jackies-blog/on-my-decision-to-self-publish/
If you pay attention to book publishing news and blogs, then you probably already know I’ve decided to try my hand at self-publishing by re-writing and releasing a NEW version of my bookThe Bitch.,,,,
If you pay attention to book publishing news and blogs, then you probably already know I’ve decided to try my hand at self-publishing by re-writing and releasing a NEW version of my bookThe Bitch.,,,,
May 4, 2012
MWG Authors--in the Meetup News!
http://www.meetup.com/nashvillewriters/events/62780662/
If you get a chance, please stop by Parnassus Books at 3900 Hillsboro Pike, Nashville, Saturday, May 5, between 1 and 3 to say hello to three local authors who will be doing readings and signings
Susan Ashley Michael, Deb Simpson and June Hall McCash
If you get a chance, please stop by Parnassus Books at 3900 Hillsboro Pike, Nashville, Saturday, May 5, between 1 and 3 to say hello to three local authors who will be doing readings and signings
Susan Ashley Michael, Deb Simpson and June Hall McCash
Maryland Film Festival unveils comedy based on the HEaven's Gate Cult
The Kook — directed by Nat Livingston Johnson and Gregory Mitnick, this dark comedy was inspired by the Heaven's Gate cult. Sweet and idealistic Fa, a young woman in the cloistered cult of people who all wear yellow sweat suits and bowl haircuts. They're all true believers who are preparing to "depart from Earth" with their leader, when Fa discovers a disconnect. It's a great allegory on the challenge of questioning faith and finding an unexpected answer.
click on the link below to read about all of the films....
ISBN 978-0-9848968-0-6
http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/Liveatthe2012MarylandFilmFestival/archives/2012/05/04/opening-night-short-films
click on the link below to read about all of the films....
ISBN 978-0-9848968-0-6
http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/Liveatthe2012MarylandFilmFestival/archives/2012/05/04/opening-night-short-films
May 2, 2012
What the heck is metadata?
http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2012/05/self-publishing-basics-introduction-to-metadata/
...you want to find information on a particular topic, or if you want to see what other novels your favorite writer has published, where do you go?
Like most everyone else, you probably do your searching online...
click above to read the full article
...you want to find information on a particular topic, or if you want to see what other novels your favorite writer has published, where do you go?
Like most everyone else, you probably do your searching online...
click above to read the full article
Book Festivals connect readers and authors
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20120502/OPINION02/120501019/Be-sure-check-out-Blue-Ridge-Bookfest?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFrontpage%7Cs
With so many things changing in our lives, what might the future hold for books? Book festivals help readers connect their books with the authors who wrote them. That connection dramatically enriches the reading experience. You can get to know real authors face to face at the fourth annual Blue Ridge Bookfest; one of only five major book festivals in North Carolina.
to read the full story, click on the link above
With so many things changing in our lives, what might the future hold for books? Book festivals help readers connect their books with the authors who wrote them. That connection dramatically enriches the reading experience. You can get to know real authors face to face at the fourth annual Blue Ridge Bookfest; one of only five major book festivals in North Carolina.
to read the full story, click on the link above
