by Zoe M. McCarthy | Jan 15, 2015 | Blogging
Because mine is a how-to blog, writing a blog-hop interview this week is a treat. My nominees, the rules, and their questions follow the interview. Thank you, Paula Mowery, for nominating me for the Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award. Here are Paula’s questions...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Jan 8, 2015 | Readers
“Nowadays, I only review books I really like. It’s cowardly, I know, but I figure it’s not my job to make people unhappy. I’ll leave that to the professionals.” — Meg Rosoff I’m talking about reviews on bookstore sites, such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Now that...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Dec 25, 2014 | Writing
“A launch party gives an author the chance to be surrounded by her village as a book makes its debut.” —Holly Robinson Recently I posted Part 1 with a checklist of tasks to consider for a local book launch party. For an example, here’s mine with some tips....
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Dec 18, 2014 | Writing
“Wear the old coat and buy the new book.” —Austin Phelps The purposes of a physical book launch party: Celebrate and thank others Get the word out about your book Sell books Here’s a checklist of items to consider for a local, non-bookstore party like I’ve done...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Dec 11, 2014 | Writing
“I always do book signings with the same blue pen. That way, if I add a personalised message to a book I’ve already signed, it’ll be in the same colour as my signature.” — John Grisham These tips are from research and from book signings I’ve done in small...
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