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Saying Hello: Daily Post

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Picture of the crowd.

Hey there!

So you may have gathered from previous posts, and my facebook and twitter feeds, that the Payson Book Festival was yesterday.

As the founder and director of the festival, last week and especially Friday and Saturday, were full. Some of Friday was consumed with a workshop the festival puts on for our signed up authors. A little bit of extra value for the price of thier table. We had Richard Draude from Mystic Publishers come and talk to those of us assembled about how to pitch a book to a publisher or an agent.

Mind you, this isn’t a submission process, most publishers/agents have submission guidelines right on thier websites. A pitch is a face to face, probably at a conference or other event, where the author in 30 seconds or less, lets the person they’re talking to know about thier book. Then there’s some conversation as the publisher/agent finds out more. After the workshop, Mr. Draude was kind enough to take a few pitches. Four authors were brave enough to do it.

Author and Blogger, Sharon Day

Later that evening, we had a meet and greet where authors, mostly confined to their tables on Saturday, have a chance to mingle and meet each other. Sponsors and town officials are also invited. I sat and talked with author Sharon Day. She’s a fantastic blogger over on http://sharondaybooks.blogspot.com/. I was asking her how to increase the followers on my blog and one answer was to blog every day.

My mind boggles. But she said it doesn’t have to be a huge post. It can be short and funny, even.

So. Here I am. Recuperating from getting the book festival off of the ground for another year, starting my daily blogging habit. I email 75 people my blog. Let’s see if the number goes up. Can you help? Share my blog with interested friends and family. I’d like to get my reader number up into the thousands. Think big or go home, right?

Newest Book Release:

Tested released January 31st and I’m pretty excited about it. You can buy it and my other books at: Apple, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, and Smashwords, today! You can also see all my books on https://conniesrandomthoughts.com/my-books-and-other-published-work/. If you’ve read any of my books, please drop a short, honest, review on the site where you bought it or on Goodreads. It’s critical to help me promote the books to other readers. Thanks in advance.

Thank you for reading my blog. Like all of the other work I do as an author, it takes time and money. If you enjoy this Monday blog and the Friday free story and the recipe I put up on the 25th of every month, consider donating to https://www.paypal.me/ConniesRandomThought. I appreciate any donation to help support this blog.

Merry Go Round Blog Tour – My take on the state of Publishing

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This is my first post for the Merry-Go-Round blog tour.  I’m quite excited about being part of this process.  This month the discussion is on the state of Publishing.  Since I’m a new writer, only a year since I started, I wasn’t sure where to begin.  As a matter of fact, I’ve been pondering what to write about, given my lack of experience.

I have published a book, The Bad Seed, available on Amazon.com.  I used CreateSpace to publish it and Amazon.com is selling it.  This is an independent or indie self publishing path.  I haven’t had many sales yet but I’m not exactly a big name either.

All I do know is that it’s confusing.  The whole process is intimidating, at least to me, especially the traditional publishing route.  However, I’ve promised myself that I’m going to give it a shot come the New Year.  I’m trying to get a backlog of stories done so that at least once per month I can submit a story somewhere.  I even bought the 2012 Writer’s Market, Deluxe Edition book to help me figure out where to send my stories.

So, the state of publishing?  Confusing, but I’m going to give it a try anyway.  If you’re new to writing, all I can say is don’t be afraid.  Send one of your stories out there and keep doing it until you succeed in getting published.