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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Killing Me Softly Necklace Giveaway


Win this Killing Me Softly necklace from Devyn Dawson.

Holland lives her shattered life day by day.  Her best friend who shared all of her secrets died in a car accident.  When her mother left six years ago, she left Holland the chore of caring for her mentally ill father.  While juggling a job, taking online college courses and caring for her dad, she doesn't have time to date anyone.  Living across the street from Tinker Air Force Base, Holland was warned never to date a guy in the military.  That wasn't a problem....until she met Tate.  He's an air traffic controller who's stationed at TAFB.  One night, Tate was singing at the bookstore.  She was mesmerized by his easy going style.  His dream is to be a singer, not a farmer.  He's destined to run successful ranch his grandmother owns.  Everything changes when the couple is offered a deal to sing at the local clubs.  For once, Holland saw a way out of living in a small two bedroom house.  Her dads social security checks don't pay the bills, and for the first time in her life, she has money to pay the bills.  

 Holland's dad doesn't see it that way.  He's afraid she's going to leave him to be with Tate and they'll move away if he gets stationed somewhere else.  Taking matters in his own hands, her father is determined to keep Tate away from his daughter.  Just when everything is going well, her life is shattered into a million shards of glass.






Devyn is a YA/NA author of The Light Tamer Series and The Legacy of Kilkenny Saga.  She spends her spare time playing with her grandchildren and dreaming about the next book.  Devyn mentors several teens in New Bern, North Carolina.  She goes to local libraries and schools to talk to kids about writing books.  Her passion is to remind people that life is too serious, read a book with a fun adventure to get away for your real life.




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Thursday, May 29, 2014

Top Ten Ideas for Authors Social Media Marketing

Ten Ideas for Authors To Utilize Social Media for Marketing

1.        Do you use hashtags?  Are you confused what a hashtag is?  
a.       Hashtags are keywords that people use to find things going on with Twitter or Instagram.  If I wanted to enter some contests to win stuff from authors, I’d go to Twitter and type in “giveaway” --- try it out, I just did and there are at least 100 tweets with that keyword in the last hour.  On Twitter, if you want to know what’s happening take a look at the “trending now” – those are keywords most used at the moment.

     2.  Sticking with keywords, do you use them when you post a blog?  People actually go on blogger and keyword search for blogs about things that a person wants to read about.   For this blog post, I will use a keyword of top ten, marketing for authors, marketing, books, indie author, top ten tips, tips for authors, writing,

3  3.  Use Twitter the smart way.  Who has time to tweet all day?  I don't.  I use a program to do my tweets for me.  Usually on Sunday, I will figure out what authors I want to pimp during the week, a few random tweets about random things, and about book sales I might have.  I use www.twuffer.com but many use tweetdeck.  Pick what works for you!  
  
  4.  Write a book description that will knock your potential readers socks off!  You can go to Author Central to update your book info.  Do you need help? Check this out - http://authormarketingclub.com/members/free-book/     




5.  If you're an author, you've probably heard of Bookbub.  There are other places that will generate sales for lower prices.  You can schedule with several of the places for the same day and get more exposure.  Here are a few -  http://www.fkbooksandtips.com/for-authors/regular-book-posting/    http://www.booksends.com/  http://ereadernewstoday.com/ http://www.pixelofink.com/



6.  If you're not familiar with Facebook Events, get familiar.  When you have a book release, you can have a party and invite people.  Go out and spend some money for goodies to give out.  Authors and bloggers are happy to join in on the fun, invite them!  Don't spam them, that's very bad form.  Give away $5 gift cards to Amazon - give away e books by other authors.



7.  Pinterest!  Create a board with your inspirations for your book.  Your dream cast for the movie is a big hit with fans.  Create a board with all your favorite blogs and favorite books.  Fans like to know what you read too!  

8.  Blog!  Authors are always looking for bloggers to do a cover reveal, sign up and do the reveal.  When you are ready to do your own cover reveal, you can send a message to the authors you helped out and ask if they would mind doing one for you.  Don't demand it!    

9.  Do NOT use Facebook to post all of the things that tick you off.  Recently, I saw a negative status and I went to check out their wall - every single status over a month was all negative.  They hated everything and everyone.  There's enough negativity in the world, post positive things.  Find a funny meme to share if you have nothing nice to say.  Golden rule, if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.

10.  Join the writing groups on Facebook.  There are tons of them everywhere.  Keep in mind though, if it is a site that is only a place to announce your book is on sale, people don't usually look at them.  Join groups that are in the same genre you write.  Type in keywords to search for groups.  There are critique groups, indie groups, blogger groups, young adult groups.... you get the idea.   forgifs.com

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Cover Reveal The Ascendant Series

Double Cover Reveal!!!

Titles: Rout of the Dem-Shyr and Rise of the Faire-Amanti
Series: The Ascendant Series, Books 2 and 3
Author: Raine Thomas
Publisher: Iambe Books, LLC
Cover Designer: Regina Wamba of Mae I Design
Genre: New Adult Sci-Fi Romance
Recommended Audience: Readers 17+
Projected Release Dates: Rout of the Dem-Shyr (July, 2014) and Rise of the Faire-Amanti (Nov, 2014)
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On to the big reveals!

Rout of the Dem-Shyr (Ascendant Series, Book 2)
Rise of the Faire-Amanti (Ascendant Series, Book 3)

Check out the covers all together. Don't they look amazing??

Did you miss the first book in the series, Return of the Ascendant? Grab your copy today!

Amazon ~ Amazon UK ~ Barnes and Noble ~ iBooks ~ Kobo

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And now, it's Trailer Reveal Time! Turn those speakers up!!!

Trailer created by Flatline Films