Announcing forrestcarr.com
Announcing forrestcarr.com
www.forrestcarr.com
One of the things I've found about being an independent author is that writing a book is easy compared to the task of getting noticed! With thousands of new books published every year, there are a lot of voices clamoring for attention. One of the pieces of advice I found for new indie authors is this: register a web domain in your name while it's still available, and then publish a website.
I helped run an award-winning TV news website in my last job, but I wasn't responsible for the technical side. So I was a little nervous about trying to set up a website from scratch on my own. But GoDaddy.com made it very easy, with drag-and-drop functionality. I found that once I got the hang of it, the task wasn't so daunting. The site is now up and running, and I invite you to pay it a visit.
I kept the site simple. You'll find links to my published works, including the two novels, the textbook and a few web essays I've written over the years that are still out there (some of those might be of particular interest to readers intrigued by the journalism issues presented in "Messages.") You can find a feed of my blog and my tweets. There's a collection of links to media coverage of my writings and work, including the recent fabulous article in the Tucson Weekly. And there's a contact form. I'd love to hear from you!
A reader wrote me privately earlier this week with effusive praise for the latest novel, "A Journal of the Crazy Year" – and, as I noted previously, its first Amazon.com reader review was stellar as well. Now, the day before Halloween, is the perfect time to read the novel (and I've set a very competitive price for it. Think: super cheap good read!) If you do read and enjoy either of the two novels, I would love to hear from you (so far absolutely no one has guessed the ending of "Messages"), and I'd also be very grateful if you would post a review or at least a rating on Goodreads.com or Amazon.com (preferably both). The links are below. With so many authors choosing to self-publish these days (I did it because I didn't want to go through the whole submission/rejection/re-submission/editing process with a traditional publisher, a process that could take years and that may or may not result in a manuscript that pleases both me and the editor) the range of quality varies widely, to say the least, so reader reviews are more important for an author's success than ever before. If you enjoyed my work, you can't do me a greater favor than by helping to spread the word by way of a rating or a review. For your convenience, I've posted the review links below.
Link to "A Journal of the Crazy Year" page on Goodreads.com
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18...
Link to "A Journal of the Crazy Year" page on Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FY3GFDE
Link to "Messages" page on Goodreads.com
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18...
Link to "Messages" page on Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ECK0DBK
Have a fabulous week!
Forrest Carr
Writer and recovering journalist
www.forrestcarr.com
One of the things I've found about being an independent author is that writing a book is easy compared to the task of getting noticed! With thousands of new books published every year, there are a lot of voices clamoring for attention. One of the pieces of advice I found for new indie authors is this: register a web domain in your name while it's still available, and then publish a website.
I helped run an award-winning TV news website in my last job, but I wasn't responsible for the technical side. So I was a little nervous about trying to set up a website from scratch on my own. But GoDaddy.com made it very easy, with drag-and-drop functionality. I found that once I got the hang of it, the task wasn't so daunting. The site is now up and running, and I invite you to pay it a visit.
I kept the site simple. You'll find links to my published works, including the two novels, the textbook and a few web essays I've written over the years that are still out there (some of those might be of particular interest to readers intrigued by the journalism issues presented in "Messages.") You can find a feed of my blog and my tweets. There's a collection of links to media coverage of my writings and work, including the recent fabulous article in the Tucson Weekly. And there's a contact form. I'd love to hear from you!
A reader wrote me privately earlier this week with effusive praise for the latest novel, "A Journal of the Crazy Year" – and, as I noted previously, its first Amazon.com reader review was stellar as well. Now, the day before Halloween, is the perfect time to read the novel (and I've set a very competitive price for it. Think: super cheap good read!) If you do read and enjoy either of the two novels, I would love to hear from you (so far absolutely no one has guessed the ending of "Messages"), and I'd also be very grateful if you would post a review or at least a rating on Goodreads.com or Amazon.com (preferably both). The links are below. With so many authors choosing to self-publish these days (I did it because I didn't want to go through the whole submission/rejection/re-submission/editing process with a traditional publisher, a process that could take years and that may or may not result in a manuscript that pleases both me and the editor) the range of quality varies widely, to say the least, so reader reviews are more important for an author's success than ever before. If you enjoyed my work, you can't do me a greater favor than by helping to spread the word by way of a rating or a review. For your convenience, I've posted the review links below.
Link to "A Journal of the Crazy Year" page on Goodreads.com
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18...
Link to "A Journal of the Crazy Year" page on Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FY3GFDE
Link to "Messages" page on Goodreads.com
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18...
Link to "Messages" page on Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ECK0DBK
Have a fabulous week!
Forrest Carr
Writer and recovering journalist
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