Lisa Nowak's Blog, page 11
August 17, 2011
Greetings from Eugene
I'm in Eugene for a few days, soaking up the ambiance of the Holy Land. Goal number one: make some progress on Getting Sideways. Goal number two: figure out how to relax for the first time since January. Goal number three: eat plenty of Track Town pizza and Euphoria truffles. (You guys knew it was [...]
August 2, 2011
Scavenger Hunt Winners and Deleted Scenes from Running Wide Open
I'd like to thank everyone who participated in the YA Scavenger Hunt yesterday, including our awesome coordinator, Colleen Houck, the authors who provided bonus material and prizes, and the readers and fans who participated. It was a truly amazing event. The most traffic I'd ever had on my blog up to that point was 99 [...]
July 31, 2011
Welcome to the YA Scavenger Hunt
On this hunt you will be able to gain access to exclusive bonus material, sign up for giveaways, and get an all access pass to top secret insider information. This fabulous sneak peek into what's coming up in YA literature is for one day only! Be sure to read through the whole post to see [...]
July 24, 2011
Finding Balance as an Indie Author
We interrupt this blog post for late-breaking news: I had another interview on Wednesday, this one at David Wisehart's website, Kindle Author. Check it out. We now return you to your regularly scheduled program. There's this weird pattern in my life. I'll come to a conclusion about some aspect of writing or marketing, and within [...]
July 20, 2011
Running Wide Open Around the Internet
Today I'm being interviewed by Penny Lockwood Ehrenkranz over on One Writers Journey. Monday, my friend and frequent commentor, McKenzie McCann posted this review of Running Wide Open on her blog, and last week fellow author Rachele Alpine highlighted my sponsorship of Jared in this blog post. Check out these links to see what people [...]
July 17, 2011
Wild Weather and Other News
We interrupt this (ir)regularly scheduled blog for an emergency weather rant. A lot of people have noticed something this summer. The United States—in fact much of the world—is having some really crazy weather. For us here in the Pacific Northwest, it's been going on for over a year and a half, beginning in January of [...]
July 10, 2011
Off to the Races
Last night Bob and I went back to Sunset Speedway to hang out in the pits with Jared and his family. My friends Alice and Beth, along with Beth's grandson, Terrence, sat in the stands and helped the announcer raffle off a copy of Running Wide Open, which was autographed by both myself and Jared. [...]
June 27, 2011
A New Twist on Marketing
Saturday night Bob and I went to Sunset Speedway Park in Banks to watch the races. One of my marketing plans is to sponsor a race car, and Sunset has a class called Tracers, which features cars that follow the Pure Stock and Street Stock rules but have 12 to 15-year-old drivers. After watching the [...]
June 13, 2011
Running Wide Open Now Available at Amazon and Barnes and Noble
Running Wide Open is now available at Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble, my Lightning Source account has been set up, and I've finally uploaded the POD files. Within a week I should have the proof, and once that's approved I'll be able to order copies of the book for myself. A few weeks after that, [...]
June 2, 2011
Running Wide Open Now Available at Smashwords
I really should be out mowing lawns right now, but I got my final cover tweaks done yesterday (I changed the title color to yellow to make it more visible) and this morning I decided to try uploading to Smashwords while I waited out the rain showers. I still have to convert my Word document [...]
