Hijacked by Hobbies
I've been accused recently of letting my writing "hobby" take over my life.
Sorry, not sorry. Well, maybe I do owe an apology to the house for allowing clutter to rise to power. And encouraging dust bunnies to realize their full potential. I'll keep this in mind for my New Year's resolution.
Now that we all pitched in and the house and its occupants can breathe again, I need to get more organized and schedule writing time, reading for reviews and my new endeavor that got me into trouble: Author Takeovers.
These book blasts on Facebook are aptly named because it has really consumed me the past few days. Maybe because I'm new to them and I have been busy making visual aids, games and setting up posts to talk up my books and writing process. Now that I have a few arsenals in place, maybe I can relax a bit. I like to keep things fresh and add something new each time in case the audience of readers, reviewers, and personal assistants duplicate.
Saturday I was on Lana Campbell's Madame Scarlet's Carnival. (Lana writes delicious vampire romances!)
Forever and a Night
Yesterday I was at Karen Lynn's War of Hearts premiere, which ran two days and was chock-full of authors and so addicting! I wanted to keep tabs and play all the games and support other authors. (Okay, I see my husband has a point...)
War of Hearts looks like a good war-within-yourself romance. A War of Hearts
Since the concept of author takeovers was new to me, it might be new to you too, so here's what is it.
An author with a new book release or cover reveal will set up a Facebook event to celebrate and promote. They will schedule it for a length of time, most likely a whole day, then invite other authors to blab about our books. There is usually a giveaway with swag and books via fun games provided by each author.
My next takeover slot is on Friday, Jan 5th at 8:30 pm eastern time at L.M. Mountford's Broken Cover Reveal Party. (Link wouldn't work here but you can do a Facebook search.)
The party starts at 12 noon ET and runs til 11pm.
Feel free to hit "interested" and peruse what all the authors have to offer, It's a great place for writers to network and readers/reviewers to connect with some amazing page turners. But more importantly, come get to know us and support our books!
What good is a hobby if we don't want to spend all our free time there? Like curled up reading an intriguing book or writing one. I want mine to turn into a career or at least a major sidebar.
Sorry, not sorry. Well, maybe I do owe an apology to the house for allowing clutter to rise to power. And encouraging dust bunnies to realize their full potential. I'll keep this in mind for my New Year's resolution.
Now that we all pitched in and the house and its occupants can breathe again, I need to get more organized and schedule writing time, reading for reviews and my new endeavor that got me into trouble: Author Takeovers.
These book blasts on Facebook are aptly named because it has really consumed me the past few days. Maybe because I'm new to them and I have been busy making visual aids, games and setting up posts to talk up my books and writing process. Now that I have a few arsenals in place, maybe I can relax a bit. I like to keep things fresh and add something new each time in case the audience of readers, reviewers, and personal assistants duplicate.
Saturday I was on Lana Campbell's Madame Scarlet's Carnival. (Lana writes delicious vampire romances!)
Forever and a Night
Yesterday I was at Karen Lynn's War of Hearts premiere, which ran two days and was chock-full of authors and so addicting! I wanted to keep tabs and play all the games and support other authors. (Okay, I see my husband has a point...)
War of Hearts looks like a good war-within-yourself romance. A War of Hearts
Since the concept of author takeovers was new to me, it might be new to you too, so here's what is it.
An author with a new book release or cover reveal will set up a Facebook event to celebrate and promote. They will schedule it for a length of time, most likely a whole day, then invite other authors to blab about our books. There is usually a giveaway with swag and books via fun games provided by each author.
My next takeover slot is on Friday, Jan 5th at 8:30 pm eastern time at L.M. Mountford's Broken Cover Reveal Party. (Link wouldn't work here but you can do a Facebook search.)
The party starts at 12 noon ET and runs til 11pm.
Feel free to hit "interested" and peruse what all the authors have to offer, It's a great place for writers to network and readers/reviewers to connect with some amazing page turners. But more importantly, come get to know us and support our books!
What good is a hobby if we don't want to spend all our free time there? Like curled up reading an intriguing book or writing one. I want mine to turn into a career or at least a major sidebar.
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