Unfortunately this post, the first for some people, might be quite boring! Not much has been going on here. I spent the past three days working to get my new Verizon iPhone activated. Now that it is the score is Apple 2--for being consistently nice Verizon 1/2--for finally finding the problem on their end.
Gotta love the Genius Bar. And I do.
My friend--who is currently reading Background Vocals--and I were chatting the other day and she gave me a blurb I can never use for the book, but I'll share it with you all because you've read the query (right?)
"It's what Izzy Willy Nilly
should have been". This inspired a post about the evolution of issue-books that will probably be up in the next few days, so stay tuned for that!
Welcome to the blogosphere!!
ReplyDelete~JD
I want an iPhone.
ReplyDeleteSaw your query up on Matthew's blog and wanted to say, "Hi!"
ReplyDeleteLikewise, I read your query and your book sounds intriguing.
ReplyDeleteMatt will probably tell you this, but I have had great success with including marketing information in my queries... i.e. "Readers of Stephen King and Dean Koontz will find this book right at home on their shelves... I have a social media network of more than XXX contacts, which I will leverage to help build momentum for this title. In addition, I have contacts in XX local media outlets and am sure I can secure news placement upong launch." It helps publishers know that they don't shoulder the entire responsibility for printing and marketing your book-- an author who is committing right up front to be an active promoter is a good thing.
Just some unsolicited (but I hope welcome) advice. Welcome to the blogosphere. I am relatively new here myself-- I've been blogging since November when my novel published-- but have already found great joy and delight in the awesome community of amazing writers I have found.