tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post390661434190336900..comments2023-10-31T10:59:03.023-04:00Comments on INKSPOT Crime Fiction Blog | A Place for Mystery, Mayhem, Writing and Life: Flying NakedLinda O. Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01512430135042480450noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-18485815878492530932008-02-12T15:46:00.000-05:002008-02-12T15:46:00.000-05:00I had never heard of Bella Stander, but she looks ...I had never heard of Bella Stander, but she looks like a gifted book reviewer:<BR/><BR/>http://www.bellastander.com/writer/reviews.htm<BR/><BR/>Alas, she hasn't picked up August Moon to my knowledge, so she won't be much help.<BR/><BR/>G.M., I know exactly the form of which you write. I also see the purpose of them and agree that we have to be self-promoters in this business, but my whiny voice has gotten too loud to ignore. :)<BR/><BR/>I wonder if we should have two theme months on this blog--one where each other blogs on their best promotional idea, and one month where we all give tips for getting published...<BR/><BR/>Southern Writer, you have a beautiful eye. :) The thing about promotion, in my experience, is that although it is as time-consuming as writing, it is also more tangible and time-sensitive and so it's more likely that you'll spend those 200 hours promoting all in a period of a couple months.Jessica Loureyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11157662092822156124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-48320283906439637812008-02-12T11:43:00.000-05:002008-02-12T11:43:00.000-05:00Thank God for Bella Stander, then.Thank God for Bella Stander, then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-40941565455023437602008-02-12T11:14:00.000-05:002008-02-12T11:14:00.000-05:00Jess - this is certainly timely. I just heard from...Jess - this is certainly timely. <BR/><BR/>I just heard from my publicist at Midnight Ink, who attached a questionnaire I am certain you are familiar with...full of questions re my own plans for publicity, book signings, blurbs, etc etc.<BR/><BR/>Just filling out the questionnaire is going to take me several days in order to do it right. <BR/><BR/>I acknowledge that publicity is my responsibility as much as it is the publishers. But this questionnaire...it immediately set off the little whiney voice inside me that says, "But I just want to *write* dang it!"G.M. Malliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805971625496094303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-69051300691392964122008-02-12T01:05:00.000-05:002008-02-12T01:05:00.000-05:00Congrats on the new pub. As much time promoting as...Congrats on the new pub. As much time promoting as writing it? Looks my dance card will be filled for the next five years.astrologymemphis.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08094432734141490681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-19595111490426331452008-02-11T17:23:00.000-05:002008-02-11T17:23:00.000-05:00Jess~Give it a try - this new marketing plan. Cle...Jess~<BR/><BR/>Give it a try - this new marketing plan. Clearly there isn't one right way to do your marketing - otherwise I think we'd all be doing it. You have to see what works for you and that can take some tinkering - and time.Mark Combeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01270361794228887282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-86168155958058831762008-02-11T13:38:00.000-05:002008-02-11T13:38:00.000-05:00You should do well. Guilt is well-known as a cata...You should do well. Guilt is well-known as a catalyst to good writing.Keith Raffelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926077627965529183noreply@blogger.com