So, You Want to Be An Author?

Here’s my Thursday Q&A video that I did on my Facebook Author Page today. I’ll be offering up these vidcasts every Thursday at 3 p.m. for a half hour for the next few weeks. I’ll try to remind you that morning via Facebook or here. Thanks for tuning in when you can! We had lots of fun today.

Heather 🙂

Marketing: Not My Favourite Thing.

Ugh. Marketing. Just the word sends me running to the fridge for comfort food.

We authors are not built for marketing our books. We need to learn the business, and it’s not an easy one.

I do like interacting with readers online, and I especially love meeting them in person at readings and book signings. But figuring out how to stand out in a sea of millions of other hybrid (traditionally & self published) authors? Yikes. It gives me a migraine.

Yet, I try to spend at least an hour every working day marketing my work. I write every morning, then make business calls and compose or answer emails, and then I take at least one action towards marketing my latest two books. My earlier works? They take a back seat. I can’t do it all. I hope they’ll be discovered when I share a link to all my work online.

One tool that has helped me immensely in marketing my work online and creating printable posters for readings is CANVA.COM It’s so user friendly, and it’s fun! In the last few months, I have made a lot of promotional posts for Facebook, Twitter and even made my most recent book covers with it. It’s free to use your own photos and template. You pay a small amount ($1 each item) if you want to buy the rights to use certain photos and/or designs.

Made this in Canva today:

Yes, writers write, but we also need to learn to market what we produce, and not just for launch day. We need to speak up and help new readers discover our work. If we don’t (and we don’t happen to have a wealthy publicist who takes us out for a sushi lunch every week- yeah I’m not dreaming at all! ), who will?

Heather

Remarkably FREE!

Hey readers, how are things? I’ve been so busy this summer, both playing hard and working hard, and being kept busy with the August 1st release of Remarkably Great. My third novel, The Ticket, will hopefully be out in a few months – more on that later.

Excellent news: Strangely, Incredibly Good is ‪strangely, incredibly cheap today, but reductions like this happen once in a blue moon, so grab your $2.99 copy NOW, and then grab the FREE sequel ‪Remarkably Great but ONLY UNTIL August 26th!

Oh, and a #sigfie #selfie  with SIG or RG would be most appreciated – even if you’re holding up your Kindle! I’d love it! Just tweet or FB post them! Can’t wait!

“This Book Just Had Me In Fits of Laughter”

“It had me in fits of laughter” “The perfect summer beach read!” “A fun, addictive read.”

Get your copy on Kindle today!

Paperback NOW AVAILABLE on Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk and most European ebook outlets!

On Amazon.ca in September 2015

Don’t Call Me Bae.

On sale now!
Available August 1, 2015
Don’t have a Kindle? You can download FREE Kindle reading software for your desktop or smart phone at Amazon.

 

This Is Remarkably Great!

It’s Remarkably Great release day! Thanks to all my new and longtime readers. Here’s a vid of me doing a brief reading from RG, taken today in our backyard.

You can get the new book here. Reviews and shares on your social media and by word of mouth are much appreciated!

Heather 🙂