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Published on February 14, 2015 05:31

#Authors #Marketing Yourself and Your Work (Final) Part FIVE

Part Five of the Authors Marketing Yourselves by Susan Toy featured by Chris The Story Reading Ape.

Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog..... An Author Promotions Enterprise!:

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The following is an extract from a talk delivered at the Calgary Public Library in Feb. 2011.

Part 5

Another area of promotion you should consider developing – and only do this if you are comfortable with it – is speaking engagements. Speaking engagements are something your publisher will not arrange for you, unless they are approached directly by a group inviting you to speak. Make sure you are either allowed to sell books or that a bookseller has been asked to look after sales wherever you appear.

Here’s another important statistic I gleaned from reading Get Known Before the Book Deal: Authors who speak at events sell three times as many books. (This book is listed in the bibliography at the end of this post.)

You can give a straight reading from your book, but my preference is to hear an author talk about how…

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Published on February 13, 2015 03:11

Who is Pap Pap?

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Message from Ronovan Writes: “Here he is. Pap Pap. The man that needs everyone’s help. I know I keep posting about him and his need and Kate’s need for help. You may be tiring of it, but the goal hasn’t been met and I just can’t stop trying to get the word out. You know when you get one of those inside of you that you just know you MUST do? Well this is mine right now. I just have to. Kate gives you a story through pictures and why he is Pap Pap and so loved by his granddaughters”.

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So Ronovan,from Ronovanwrites while I was at work made a great badge and posted it to help spread the word. How special that was to see it go through! But as I sat and ate lunch I thought, he is right -shhh don’t tell him I like to think I am always right :) But here I am asking for you to help a complete stranger who means a lot to me but nothing to you and these two thoughts come to mind.

1. I am suddenly overwhelmed with the thought of all of you caring so much to help someone you do not know.

How amazing and kind!

2. Shame on me for not letting you see who he is and what he means to the girls and I – after-all aren’t I a blogger???

So here are a few of my favorite shots from over the years of…

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Published on February 12, 2015 08:26

#Authors #Marketing Yourself and Your Work Part FOUR

Part Four of the Authors Marketing Yourself Series by Susan Toy featured by Chris The Story Reading Ape.

Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog..... An Author Promotions Enterprise!:

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The following is an extract from a talk delivered at the Calgary Public Library in Feb. 2011.

Part 4

Okay, now you’ve completed the further editing, the proofs have been approved, and it’s just a matter of waiting for the printer to produce and ship your book. So, what’s been happening at the publishing house all this time? The main thing they’ve been up to is preparing for, and holding, sales conferences for their sales reps. A catalogue page for your book should have been completed and posted online. Be sure to link to this page on your own blogsite, and direct anyone to it who asks about your book. The reps have been told about you, and they have discussed how they can best sell your book to booksellers, libraries, wholesalers and specialty markets. Some of them may have even read the manuscript. If at all…

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Published on February 12, 2015 03:40

#Authors #Marketing Yourself and Your Work Part THREE

Part Three of the Author Marketing Yourselff series by Susan Toy featured by Chris The Story Reading Ape.

Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog..... An Author Promotions Enterprise!:

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The following is an extract from a talk delivered at the Calgary Public Library in Feb. 2011.

Part 3

Once the contract is signed, and while the manuscript is being worked on by the editor, is the best time for you to ramp up your web presence. While you wait for the edited copy to be returned to you – and this could take several months – is when you should work on further developing your blog and Facebook presence. This may be a good time, as well, if you haven’t done so already, to create a website (and your publisher may help you with this as they will want you to link to their site), and prepare yourself for the time in the very near future when you can actually call yourself “a published author.”

It’s not too early to announce that you have signed a…

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Published on February 11, 2015 03:49

#Authors #Marketing Yourself and Your Work Part TWO

Part Two of the #Author #Marketing Yourself and Your Work by Susan Toy featured by Chris The Story Reading Ape.

Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog..... An Author Promotions Enterprise!:

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The following is an extract from a talk delivered at the Calgary Public Library in Feb. 2011.

Part 2

The best time to begin building your readership is while you’re still writing the manuscript. The very first thing you need to do is create a web presence of some kind or another. This can be as simple as building a blogsite (always free) and writing posts for it on a regular basis. Encourage your friends to subscribe to this, and ask them to ask their friends to do the same. Then write something meaningful, as often as you can, even if it’s only once a week. You should never have to ask, “But what should I write?” You’re a writer; you’ll think of something! Write regularly, keep it positive and upbeat, and post, or repost, articles that will create a discussion in your comments. When people comment…

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Published on February 10, 2015 02:42

#Authors #Marketing Yourself and Your Work Part ONE

An excellent five part series from Susan Toy featured on Chris The Story Reading Ape’s blog.

This series will be reblogged here for the next five days. Thanks for visiting!

Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog..... An Author Promotions Enterprise!:

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The following is an extract from a talk delivered at the Calgary Public Library in Feb. 2011.

Part 1

Before I begin, please watch this video:

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I’ve named these two characters Wannabe Author (WA) and Real Author(RA).

How many of you have ever said any of the things Wannabe Author says in this video? Come on, be honest. Okay, then, how many of you have heard other writers say any of these things? And, like Real Author, haven’t you just wanted to put them and everyone else out of their misery by ignoring whatever they say? Obviously, Wannabe Author is the least promotable kind of author. First of all, Wannabe is never likely to be published, so will be of little worry to the publishing industry anyway. WA is not listening to an experienced author, knows nothing about the publishing business, and thinks the path to…

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Published on February 09, 2015 03:12

Chris The Story Reading Ape: The Man, The Ape, The Legend…

Chris The Story Reading Ape…Whaaaat?

When I first encountered Chris Graham, the man behind “The Story Reading Ape” I inquired as to what in the world was a story reading ape and how did he come up with that name? He politely referred me to his about tsra page to explain the circumstances of his unique designation in the Blogosphere. After all, everyone has to develop their own brand…right?

On one of my next encounters with Chris, he introduced me to his favorite “characters” who back up his really mean emails reminding authors to send him their stories so that he can feature them on his blog. At this point, I really became curious as to what this cyber person was all about! As you can imagine, I in fact raised an eyebrow when he sent me this!!

As I continued to read on, I learned that Chris Graham (no -e- after Graham) is a multifaceted individual, the likes of which I have never before encountered in the real world! His character boasts a reputation throughout the blogging realm of a dedication to the author and their success in the world of publishing! There is no fee, just the satisfaction that he gets from helping fellow author/bloggers/people just… because!

Chris also featured me, Patrick Jones, author of “The Wolf’s Moon” just a few weeks ago. I am now on the “infamous” Hall of Fame as well. This I am truly proud to be a part of. It was one of the most difficult “interviews” that I ever had because the assignment was to write about myself in the first person. I really had to look introspectively in order to decide what to write about! I finally decided to write about the book signing from my point of view as the author. It was a day I will never forget and will live on forever! I hope that you enjoy the story!

Please make sure to add Chris The Story Reading Ape in your author platform to promote yourself! You will find his #Author Submission Guidelines at the top of his blog. Good luck!!

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Published on February 08, 2015 09:27

Music Mike’s Flashback Favorites: the Ozark Mountain Daredevils Singing – “You Know Like I Know”

Thanks to Enigma’s Blog from Spain – Welcome Spain!! They sent along this “Oldie but Goodie” from Music Mike’s Flashback Favorites…”You Know Like I Know” by the Ozark Mountain Daredevils…Enjoy :)

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Published on February 06, 2015 14:48

Seven Mental Habits of Highly Effective Bloggers