Blog Tour for What Follows After Begins

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Blog Tour for What Follows After Begins

Starting this week through Sunday my newest novel, What Follows After, is going on tour. A blog tour, that is. My publisher (Revell, Baker Publishing Group) set it up. Over 90 bloggers throughout the US and Canada signed up to read an advance copy of the book sometime in the past month. In exchange for a copy of the book, they simply agreed to post an honest review on their blog in the same week.

In addition to posting the review on their blog, many of them also post at places like Amazon and Goodreads.

For an author, this can be an exciting time or a tense time, depending on the reactions of this unique group of people. Most of these bloggers are voracious fiction readers, so they’ve already read tons of novels and can compare your book to ones they’ve already read. Many are also writers, some published, some still on their publication journey. So they not only read your book as a reader, but also with something of an editor’s eye.

Another thing that creates tension for the author is the knowledge that many fiction readers pay attention to these online reviews when evaluating their book purchases. I know I do, especially when buying a book from a place like Amazon. I scroll down and begin to read reviews, particularly looking for either positive or negative things mentioned by a majority of people. Many times my primary reason for not buying a book I was interested in was due to the negative things I read in several reviews. It happened just this week.

So…you can see, as excited as I am for the book to get so much attention, I confess I’m also a little nervous about “blog tour week.” Thankfully, so far I have nothing to be nervous about.

We’re only a few days in and, as of this moment, 22 Reviews have come in. 21 of them are 5-Stars. I’ve been floored by some of the comments reviewers have made about the book. Here’s a sample:

“Some are saying this is Dan’s best book so far. I loved it, but I still lean towards The Discovery as his best, and am really loving the series he is doing, so it is hard for me to say which is the best…As with any of his books, this is one I highly recommend, 5 stars for sure.” — Mark Buzard (Lisbon, OH)

“I didn’t get much sleep last night; I stayed up and finished reading this magnetic book. What a compelling story! Because of a horrific tragedy, a family rediscovers their priorities. The story even contains secrets of a happy marriage!” — Sally (Tampa)

“Dan Walsh may have outdone himself in this one! This book is a hard to put down, heart-pounding, action packed, page-turner of a book! It is even difficult to write an adequate review without spoiling the entire story.”– Abbie (Texas)

“What Follows After is Dan Walsh’s most riveting novel yet. As always Walsh’s strength is in his characters who with little effort almost dominate the story. Yet he brilliantly corrals them all so they fit into the story so perfectly that even the villain exudes sympathy and the two housekeepers become heroines.” — Bonnie (Scottsdale, AZ)

“Dan Walsh is gifted with the pen. His words leave me breathless at times. When I open a book penned by Dan I know I’m in for a rich blessing. I too know when I close the last page I’m going to be left wanting more. I am seriously blown away by the novels Dan pens. He is truly a gifted storyteller. This is one of those novels that stays with you after you have closed the last page.” — Robin (Missouri)

There’s no way to know if the rest of the reviews that will come in this week will read like these. But I’m encouraged that we’re off to such a good start. If you’d like to read some more reviews or order a copy for yourself, Click Here.