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Interview Questions 10: Answered by Cynthia Sally Haggard

So where do you see self-published authors making the biggest mistakes overall?

[image error]All great achievements take time – Maya Angelou

I think the issue is quality. Self-published authors have the freedom to take as much time as they like to write their novels, so they should take that time to produce something that is really special.

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Just set up a new account with SoundCloud…

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Everyone,

Just wanted you to know I’ve set up a new account with SoundCloud, where I’ll be posting audio clips. To visit, please click here

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Character Bio from Farewell My Life by Cynthia Sally Haggard: CHARLES PHELPS

Charles Phelps is:

[image error]Charles Phelps played by Francesco Attesti



26 years oldWealthy family in ConnecticutIvy League EducationStudied at the SorbonneSpeaks French, German, RussianState Department attachéWants to marry Grace…

Of all of Grace’s suitors, Charles Phelps seems the most suitable, because he is the one she is most comfortable with, both sharing a tendency towards melancholia. However, the is a fly in the ointment in the shape of Charles’ mother…

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Early December Audiobook Giveaway

Everyone, Why not come & play a trivia game about my new novel FAREWELL MY LIFE? The first 24 people who answer correctly, receive a FREE audiobook version of FAREWELL. Play a trivia game on Trivia Sunday…and win a FREE Audiobook!

Come play!

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Interview Questions 9: Answered by Cynthia Sally Haggard

On the other hand, self-published authors have the edge over traditional books in the regards that the author has all the control. I’d like to begin with your cover. Did you make it or did you have someone else design it? If you had someone else, can you tell us who it is?

[image error]Paperback cover for Farewell My Life by Cynthia Sally Haggard

That is what I love about self-publishing is that you have total artistic control.

I designed the inside of the book, and yes, I did the cover. As I run a shoestring operation, I am forced to keep things simple.

I love the dark simplicity of my cover, I think it fits the mood of the novel perfectly.

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Play a trivia game on Trivia Sunday…and win a FREE Audiobook!

Everyone,

Why not come & play a trivia game about my new novel FAREWELL MY LIFE? The first 25 people who answer correctly, receive a FREE audiobook version of FAREWELL.

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Trivia Sunday 3: Farewell My Life by Cynthia Sally Haggard

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Superman has decided to pull out one of your characters to be his sidekick.  Who is it and why?

[image error]Father Jerome, ex-mob-lawyer and priest,

Father Jerome, whose silver tongue can charm anyone into doing anything.

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Character Bio from Farewell My Life by Cynthia Sally Haggard: CELIA STEPHENSON

Celia Stephenson is:

[image error]Celia Stephenson played by Louise Brooks



Angelina’s landlady in GeorgetownWears fashionable beaded dressesHas her hair done in a bobMakes an unsettling discovery…

Celia Stephenson is a minor character who plays an important role during the first part of Farewell My Life.

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Interview Questions 8: Answered by Cynthia Sally Haggard

Authors who go the traditional route have an edge over self-published authors in regards to distribution to bookstores. How did you handle that as a self-published author? 

[image error]Cynthia Sally’s Amazon Author Page

I give exclusive distribution to Amazon, so I have all of the Amazon channels in the UK, France, Germany, Japan, India, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. As my first novel Thwarted Queen sold over 38,000 copies, I really can’t complain!

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Happy Thanksgiving!

[image error]Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Feeling Gratitude, and not expressing it, is like wrapping a present, and not giving it

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