Interview with Annie Rachel Cole
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Can you give us a brief
overview of your latest book? </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">In <i>Guardian of
Atlantis</i>, sixteen-year-old Raven Weir has a somewhat normal life until she
receives a mysterious necklace everyone is willing to kill her to get because
it contains the key codes to Atlantis. Now she finds she’s the only one
standing between Atlantis and those who want to use the power hidden there to
take over the world. And Zeus is at the head of that line. On top of worrying
about social acceptance at school, Raven has to get control of her growing
powers before she harms someone, deal with the alpha Hellhound at school who is
attracted to her while members of his pack are trying to kill her, and come to
terms with the fact she’s adopted and her biological parents are Medusa and
Poseidon.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I just put out a
collection of short ghost stories, <i>No Rest for the Spirit and Other Ghostly
Tales</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Did you try the
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">For years I’ve queried
agents with little to no luck. I’ve gotten a few requests for partials and a
full manuscript request once, but all were rejected.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I don’t belong to a
critique group, but I have several readers who give me feedback and
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What factors influenced
your decision to self-publish to Amazon?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The numerous rejections
are one of the things that pushed me toward self-publication. You can only hear
“It’s a good story, but…” so many times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A few months ago, I literally stumbled across Joe Konrath’s blog, A
Newbie’s Guide to Publishing. As a result of these events, I made the decision
to become an Indie Author and take control of my own writing career.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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during your self-publishing journey</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I’ve learned there are
people who will cheer for you and then there are those who will try to cut you
down. You have to have a tough skin and be optimistic. Book sells aren’t going
to immediately happen. You have to build your audience base and that takes time
and a lot of hard work. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Besides Amazon, are
there any other sites where your books are for sale?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Guardian of Atlantis is
available in ebook and paperback at Barnes and Noble and in paperback at the
CreateSpace estore. My newest book, <i>No Rest for the Spirit and Other Ghostly
Tales</i> is also available in ebook at Barnes and Noble and in paperback at the
CreateSpace estore.</span></div>
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[twitter, facebook, blog, forums] are you involved with for promoting your
book(s)?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Blog:
<a href="http://annierachelcole.blogspot.com/&...
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Web Page: <u style="text-underline: blue;"><span style="color: blue;">www.annierachelcole.com</span>&... style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Facebook: <u style="text-underline: blue;"><span style="color: blue;">www.facebook.com/AnnieRachelCole</...
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I also have an author’s
webpage at Amazon and am a member of Goodreads. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Do you find it difficult
to juggle your time between marketing your current book and writing your next
book?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I’m used to juggling my
writing time with my day job as a public school teacher. Now that I’ve thrown
in marketing, it will be an interesting mix. I know it will be a challenge to
balance everything, but then things worth doing tend to be difficult. If it’s
easy, why do it? </span></div>
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give a new author just entering into the self-publishing arena?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Don’t give up on your
dream. Study your craft. Start a blog and write to begin building an audience.
And remember, as much as you enjoy the creative process of writing, publishing
what you write is a job.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What’s next for you?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I’m writing the second
novel in the Children of Atlantis series. The story picks up just a few weeks
after <b>Guardian of Atlantis</b> ends. My goal is to have this book out around
the beginning of the new year, and I have an idea for the third book. I’m also
working on outlining a trilogy called Fire and Ice. The outline for the first
book is almost complete. This trilogy is about a girl who discovers who and
what she really is as she learns the truth about fairytales and the Fae. I also
have an outline ready for a book about a boy and the problems he has with
zombies when one of his ideas goes from bad to really bad. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">In <i>Guardian of
Atlantis</i>, sixteen-year-old Raven Weir has a somewhat normal life until she
receives a mysterious necklace everyone is willing to kill her to get because
it contains the key codes to Atlantis. Now she finds she’s the only one
standing between Atlantis and those who want to use the power hidden there to
take over the world. And Zeus is at the head of that line. On top of worrying
about social acceptance at school, Raven has to get control of her growing
powers before she harms someone, deal with the alpha Hellhound at school who is
attracted to her while members of his pack are trying to kill her, and come to
terms with the fact she’s adopted and her biological parents are Medusa and
Poseidon.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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collection of short ghost stories, <i>No Rest for the Spirit and Other Ghostly
Tales</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">.</span></div>
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traditional route to publishing, i.e. querying agents/publishers?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">For years I’ve queried
agents with little to no luck. I’ve gotten a few requests for partials and a
full manuscript request once, but all were rejected.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I don’t belong to a
critique group, but I have several readers who give me feedback and
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What factors influenced
your decision to self-publish to Amazon?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The numerous rejections
are one of the things that pushed me toward self-publication. You can only hear
“It’s a good story, but…” so many times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A few months ago, I literally stumbled across Joe Konrath’s blog, A
Newbie’s Guide to Publishing. As a result of these events, I made the decision
to become an Indie Author and take control of my own writing career.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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during your self-publishing journey</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I’ve learned there are
people who will cheer for you and then there are those who will try to cut you
down. You have to have a tough skin and be optimistic. Book sells aren’t going
to immediately happen. You have to build your audience base and that takes time
and a lot of hard work. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Besides Amazon, are
there any other sites where your books are for sale?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Guardian of Atlantis is
available in ebook and paperback at Barnes and Noble and in paperback at the
CreateSpace estore. My newest book, <i>No Rest for the Spirit and Other Ghostly
Tales</i> is also available in ebook at Barnes and Noble and in paperback at the
CreateSpace estore.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What kinds of marketing
[twitter, facebook, blog, forums] are you involved with for promoting your
book(s)?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Blog:
<a href="http://annierachelcole.blogspot.com/&...
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Twitter: <u style="text-underline: blue;"><span style="color: blue;">https://twitter.com/AnnieRachelCole&l... style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Web Page: <u style="text-underline: blue;"><span style="color: blue;">www.annierachelcole.com</span>&... style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Facebook: <u style="text-underline: blue;"><span style="color: blue;">www.facebook.com/AnnieRachelCole</...
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I also have an author’s
webpage at Amazon and am a member of Goodreads. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Do you find it difficult
to juggle your time between marketing your current book and writing your next
book?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I’m used to juggling my
writing time with my day job as a public school teacher. Now that I’ve thrown
in marketing, it will be an interesting mix. I know it will be a challenge to
balance everything, but then things worth doing tend to be difficult. If it’s
easy, why do it? </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What advice would you
give a new author just entering into the self-publishing arena?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Don’t give up on your
dream. Study your craft. Start a blog and write to begin building an audience.
And remember, as much as you enjoy the creative process of writing, publishing
what you write is a job.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What’s next for you?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I’m writing the second
novel in the Children of Atlantis series. The story picks up just a few weeks
after <b>Guardian of Atlantis</b> ends. My goal is to have this book out around
the beginning of the new year, and I have an idea for the third book. I’m also
working on outlining a trilogy called Fire and Ice. The outline for the first
book is almost complete. This trilogy is about a girl who discovers who and
what she really is as she learns the truth about fairytales and the Fae. I also
have an outline ready for a book about a boy and the problems he has with
zombies when one of his ideas goes from bad to really bad. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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