Sharon C. Williams's Blog, page 43
September 11, 2013
Release day: Celebration
This past Saturday I had a celebration. It was the release of my first book, “Jasper, Amazon Parrot: A Rainforest Adventure” and it was time to enjoy that. I decided to eat out at a local restaurant in town and raise a glass of wine in the air. I could have done this alone and […]
September 5, 2013
My Coming Out Party: Author Style
My launch celebration will be small. For until the books arrive for me to have book signings there is not much hoopla I can do. I chose to keep it light. I will be having lunch at a place in town I enjoy and raise a wine glass in the air as a way of […]
September 2, 2013
First Copy Sold: Jasper
This past Friday people were able to not only preorder my book but also get it signed. http://www.fountainbluepublishing.com... The site was released on a few of my social media sites. I had not expected anyone to really do this. However my friend Sue, from back home, who I have known since birth, went and got […]
August 30, 2013
Book Release: September 7th
Well here it is. I been dying to release the cover for my book. I wanted to wait until I had the date in place before doing so. The cover stirs up a bunch of warm feelings inside. The picture of Jasper was sketched from a photo I sent to the illustrator. This is a […]
August 28, 2013
Release date: “Jasper, Amazon Parrot: A Rainforest Adventure”
I have come up with a release date for my book, “Jasper, Amazon Parrot: A Rainforest Adventure”. The magical day is September 7th of this year. Unless of course something monstrous occurs. Just typing that sentence about the date and reading it out loud makes me all warm inside. I plan on buying every version […]
August 23, 2013
Final Revisions
This week my publisher sent me a review copy of my book. My job is to review and approve it. Once I do that it is off to the printers! I am so close to having this dream become a reality. It has involved a lot of work and time to get to this point. […]
August 16, 2013
Revision: How Much is Too Much?
How attached are you to your MS? While waiting for my book to come out, I submitted a second MS to my publisher. I wanted to see if she would pick it up. She really liked it but wanted me to make it fictional. The premises of my MS, “Squirrel Mafia” is my year-long war […]
August 13, 2013
Book Reviewer and Author
I been a book reviewer for Booksneeze since 2010. Since then I have recently joined Crazy for Books as one of their reviewers. Along the way word has gotten out and now author will contact me if I would review their books. I always give them the link to how I go about reviewing novels. […]
August 9, 2013
Do You Abandon Your Book?
Even though my book got picked up by a traditional publisher, it doesn’t mean I don’t have to spread the word and do some marketing of my own. This is tough for I am by all accounts a shy person. Times are tough for books. They are competing with ebooks, tablets and people […]
August 4, 2013
Marketing My Book
Even though my book got picked up by a traditional publisher, it doesn’t mean I don’t have to spread the word and do some marketing of my own. This is tough for I am by all accounts a shy person. Times are tough for books. They are competing with ebooks, tablets and people giving […]
