The anticipation around launching a book for an author is like the night before Christmas, or the first day of school. You’ve been working towards the big day, getting your book prepared for publication. After numerous edits, selecting a final cover design an author wonders will the big day ever arrive. You’ve made sure you have the book in all available formats from eBook to print to audio, and your marketing team and book publicist are standing by.
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I think I have a little crush on blogging. Actually I believe it is a serious crush. My new passion. I’ve fallen in love with writing again, after having been absent from it for such a long time. A (broadcast) journalist by design, courtesy of Buffalo State College and my parents gift of education…should I reverse those two examples? My days were spent writing marketing, advertising and website copy, mixed in with book cover blurbs and author media kits. My own books pushed to the side, because I am always helping another writer get to the next level.
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Launching a new book is exciting and it is the ideal time to do book signings. Authors can do a book signing at just about any time and probably for the life their book, as long as it makes sense. Here is a quick checklist of items to get you prepared for book signing.
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Where would romance be without the written word? Or is it the other way around? If you think about it, love is what drives so many authors to write. Whether it is the love for another person, or being passionate about a particular subject, love is most seemingly, on one level or another…always involved.
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Yesterday I introduced the paranormal thriller, Salem VI: Rebecca’s Rising by authors Jack Heath and John Thompson. We talked a bit about the history of the book and spent some time getting to know Jack Heath. Today we’re talking with the other half of the SalemVI author team, co-author John Thompson. He is a versatile author and ghostwriter.
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