Interviews, trailers, and bribes…

Here's a few more short writerly things. First off, I got interviewed by Gayla, AKA: Scath, of Feral Intensity. She's hosting an ebook author month with interviews and giveaways from many indie ebook authors, and my interview is kicking off the rotating virtual tour.

I'm also participating in the giveaways, with print copies of Sandy Morrison and the Pack of Pussies and a dual novella, Wake Up with the Kimellians/Haunting Sins in my offering. So that's a sampler pack giving readers a taste of my work in fantasy, sci-fi, and horror.

In other writer news, I've set up a "Peter portal," where I intend to gather all the blog posts for Peter's book. This week, I'm going to release an excerpt amidst the psyche profiles and manual pages. There might even be a blog contest for a free print copy in the works. But as to the details of how the drawing will work, I don't know yet. But, when I do know, I'll be sure to announce it with the usual fanfare.

Now let's talk about the trailer for Peter the Wolf. At present, it has 51 views and 3 likes. Which is actually 2 more likes than I normally get, but the traffic is on par with my usual video releases. So, I believe I gotta be doing something wrong with the way I'm promoting my videos just as surely as I keep blowing my book promotions.

In the past few days, my requests for promotion ideas from y'all has yielded a number of great promos, but all of these remain contingent on other people spreading the word.

That isn't happening yet on any promo I've made. Peter's promo is heading the same direction already, so I'm either not getting my message out in front of the right people, or the trailer is really bad and no one so far is willing to say so. (If it sucks, please, say so so I can get to work on a new trailer pronto.)

In any case, I'm asking once more for y'all to speak up with your ideas and thoughts. Please, tell me how we can get this trailer out to more people. I have a whole month to make more impressions, and to help give y'all an incentive to help, I'm giving away print copies of Peter's book to people who give helpful ideas.

Note: they don't have to first lead to success before I'll grant you a free copy. I'm sending superfan Tara a copy for her plan to distribute flyers with QR codes. Anyone who scans the code with their smartphone or netbook/tablet will be taken to the YouTube trailer. It's a great plan, and whether it works or not, I'm giving Tara a copy of the book to say thanks to her for really thinking outside the box. (With the box in this case being the online world, where most of my marketing has been limited to.)

I need to get you people involved and excited with Peter's book, so please, tell me what you need to see to make that happen.