Happy February, writers! Join us for our monthly group therapy, hosted by Alex Cavanaugh.
Hop over to visit this month's kick-butt co-hosts!
I write multiple genres so I'll mention one aspect I love about each:
Romance -- A spark of attraction that deepens into intimacy provides emotional depth in the story.
Suspense -- Torturing my characters by imprisoning them or sicking the Mafia on their tail creates needed plot conflict and hopefully keeps readers turning the pages.
Sports -- The pursuit of excellence, against mighty odds, reveals character.
Psychology -- Throwing characters into therapy is an ideal mechanism for character development and healing.
I'm gearing up for the release of psychological thriller (with suspense and romance) TWIN SACRIFICE on 2-28-18.
Thank you to all who shared my cover reveal, including IWSGers Shannon from The Warrior Muse, Jacqui from Word Dreams, Miranda Burski, Cathrina Constantine, and Nicki Elson's Not So Deep Thoughts. Your support is awesome.
Here's my marketing plan:
* Goodreads giveaway
* Facebook release party
* Netgalley listing for 6 months
* Pre-order Blitz and Release Tour by Book Partners in Crime Productions
* I made the ebook available on Amazon for pre-order and I'll do author takeovers at a few friends' Facebook pages
If you have additional marketing ideas that have worked for you, please let me know. Happy writing!
Comments
Congrats on your new book release. Sounds like you have a good plan on marketing. I think it's good that you are not just promoting your book through IWSG bloggers because then you're too much the same audience. When you go on your blog tour, I'd recommend including a giveaway that will encourage people to stop at the blog to learn about your book.
I never planned to sell my first novel. After collecting cyber dust in my computer folder for two years, I figured why let all my hard work go unread. If nothing else, it could help me build and author platform. It would hopefully be well underway by the time my second novel was completed. So far, I've started an author page, updated my blog, and FB account, etc. Also, I posted the novel on Kindle Scout, so my page views on my social media sites has increased exponentially.
This said, if you'd like, I'd be happy to post your novel on my FB page. I posted Alex's CASA STAR book, and would be happy to help you in any way I can. Us authors have to stick together, LOL. Let me know.
Best of luck with your release!
Crystal, hope you're having fun with your little ones!
So excited for Twin Sacrifice to make it onto Kindles everywhere!
If you have a LibraryThing profile, have you ever checked out the LibraryThing Member Giveaway program? It's for ebooks and you can give away a whole bunch and ask for reviews in exchange for the book. It's free.
My main strategy for the It series was to release at a sale price and do paid advertising on email lists. It was the lazy approach, but it also worked better than anything else I've tried.
Cathrina, I appreciate your support!
With that detailed marketing plan, it seems like you are organized and on track.
Good luck with the new book!
Michelle, thank you!
Victoria, I often feel disorganized but I do want to market this book more than my past novels.