LEARNING and GROWING!
Well, I’m getting a fast lesson in marketing with the
release of my ebook, Melinda Heads West! Did you know that when you purchase a book at
Amazon there are all kinds of things you can do to help ensure the author’s
success while you’re there? It’s true!
Near the title of the book, there’s a ‘Like’ button, similar
to the one on Facebook. By clicking it
you help advance that item up the charts when people are doing searches. Encourage your friends to do the same.
Next, waaayyy down at the bottom of the page are ‘tags’. By clicking on the tags you think correspond
to the book you again help it move up the ranks. It’s amazing how these little things add
up!
And reviews are so important. Even 10-20 words, in your own everyday speech
do wonders! – Don’t
be intimidated by those folk who write the equivalent of a novel! People who are considering buying a book are more
likely to read the smaller chunks of writing anyway!
HOW ARE SALES?
People keep asking me how sales are going, and to tell the
truth, I have no idea. If I counted the
actual people who have TOLD me they’ve purchased books, I would say there have
been about 50 sold! But I hope there’s
been more than that. It’s a scary
thing. I just have to post notices on
Facebook, send a few emails, and then sit back and cross my fingers. I’m not too good at that! *smile*
How’s NEW YORK,
Robyn?
In the meantime, I’ve been spending a great deal of time in
New York, at least in my mind. That’s
where my newest book takes place. And I
love it! I’ve been doing so much research! You know, a historical romance takes a ton of
work. For the last few chapters, it
seems like I’ve researched two days for each paragraph of writing! But in the end, I hope it will be worth
it. I love to read a book and learn
something at the same time, and I hope my readers will feel the same way…of
course, that is, if I’m lucky enough to get “Ama” published.
It’s the story of a girl who grows up in the tenements of New York with her younger
stepbrother and stepsister. Their life
is not pretty. It’s the late 1800s and
times are hard. Living conditions are
barely tolerable. Most of us can’t
imagine an existence like this.
I’ll keep you posted on the story line. From the reviews I’ve had so far, it has
potential. I just have to do the story
the justice it deserves.
Until next time -- I'm going to leave you with a 'thinking poem' I wrote recently called,
Faith in the Fall
does that one falling leaf
look back?
or does it rejoice
in the experience of
the fall?
exhilarating
in the twists and turns
of its new journey?
does it pine
for lost aquaintances?
or reach out to earth
where millions of new
friends await?
does it mourn what was?
or see what will be?
look back?
or does it rejoice
in the experience of
the fall?
exhilarating
in the twists and turns
of its new journey?
does it pine
for lost aquaintances?
or reach out to earth
where millions of new
friends await?
does it mourn what was?
or see what will be?
- robyn corum
10/12/2012
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