Tag: book promotion
Book Giveaway To Celebrate Diversity
I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, where we celebrate diversity. I’ve lived in and traveled…
Paris, Je T’Aime: Looking Back
I cannot say exactly when I fell in love with Paris. I suppose I came by it…
iReads Book Tour: The Shade Under the Mango Tree
The Shade Under the Mango Tree is on a virtual iReads Book Tour. A relatively global one―that…
Watch: Enticing Book Trailer for Welcome Reluctant Stranger
On Monday, March 5, I woke up to a most wonderful surprise— a book trailer for Welcome…
Tantalizing … Alluring … Sugar and Spice and All Those Lies Review
Sugar and Spice and All Those Lies Review: 5 / 5–San Francisco Book Review Sugar and Spice and…
Book Reviews: Do You Live or Die By Them?
Don’t you just love, get exasperated, get thrilled, even occasionally feel depressed at book reviews of your…
Hello Agnieszka Giveaway Winners
The Hello Agnieszka giveaway is finished. Thank you to all who entered. And thank you also to…
My Day as BOTD on OnlineBookclub.org
I am a relatively unknown author at a time when all the numbers are against me. Of…
Writing As An Adventurous Foodie
Do you remember when Hillary Clinton had to give out her cookie recipe to show everyone she’s…
SPR Independent Woman Author Awards: I Got One!
Self Publishing Review honored me with a Bronze Author Award last week, citing my writing as the…
How Can You Boost Your KDP Free Days? Useful Data-Based Insights
On two consecutive Fridays in June, I ran kdp free days for Hello, My Love! (HML), Book…
Want to Go Viral? Target a mouthy audience
Want to go viral? Take a cue from a former teacher of creative writing. He came out…
How Much Do You Crave Success? A Writer’s 2015 To-do List
It is Christmas season. If you’re a Christian (only about a third of the world population). What…
Writer and Slave: Get Used To It
You are a writer. Therefore, you’re a slave. To reviews, to courting a readership, to spending hours…
Book Trailers: Harnessing their power for book promotion
Everyone is doing book trailers these days. So, why not jump on the bandwagon? Well, for one,…