One Announcement, Two Questions, All PR
First, an announcement:
Lucy March (Lani Diane Rich) and Alastair Stevens (That Guy From Scotland) of the immensely popular StoryWonk workshops are starting new classes. From Lani:
We're doing one-day seminars in romance, sci-fi/fantasy, short stories and character building, and then 4-week classes in May about building magic and doing Discovery Writing.
All information at StoryWonk.com.
And now for our regularly scheduled Exploitation of the Argh People:
You may have noticed that you are rapidly becoming a focus group. So we have two questions, one from Mollie and one from me (and Mollie).
From Mollie:
If an author holds a contest during the first week that his or her new book is on sale and the contest prize is a package that includes a signed copy of that new book, do you put off buying that book on the chance that you'll win the contest? And let's stipulate that it is not a hardcover edition.
In other words could a contest meant to spread the word about a book release and push early sales actually hurt early sales if the prize includes the book? Or do readers purchase the book anyway and then sign up hoping for an extra copy to keep/give away?
My question is a little more challenging. Because I know you can take it and run with it.
Facebook did a redesign and now puts five tiny thumbnails at the top of the Wall page. Clearly, this is an excellent place to plan graphic punch. Except the geniuses at Facebook have decided that the order of those five pictures will be random. You refresh the page, the order changes. So I'm looking for ideas for five images that can be in any order that would be fun to look at on the Jennifer Crusie Wall.
I had three ideas (mock-ups below, sure to change if they're even used):
One word quotes from reviews:
The five elements of a Crusie:
The dogs:
Any other ideas?
And as always, we thank you for your support.
