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Isabelle Drake erotic romance....the nicer side of naughty
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Note from Isabelle... Someday if you're trapped in an elevator with me, and you need a long story to keep your mind occupied, ask me about my experiences with getting published. Like most authors, I have a lot to tell. Some great, fun, exciting moments, like being an RWA GH finalist and getting that first royalty check, some not so great moments, like opening rejections. No two authors walk the same career path. My .02, be willing to forge your own trail and always stay true to yourself. |
3 Perfect P's Produce Writers Groups/Organizations The Romance Writers of America has a great annual conference and many local and special interest chapters, such as Passionate Ink, the erotic romance chapter. RWA is a professional organization helpful to writers of all levels. Romantic Times has a great website, magazine, annual convention, and free online newsletter. RT does a solid job of informing readers and inspiring authors. Publish Agents Agent query is a great place to start your agent search. You'll want to make sure you and the agent are a good match. You may want to check out pages such as the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer's info page on agents. Editors By subscribing to Publisher's Marketplace, you will be able to find out which editors are buying projects similar to yours. The free newsletter, Publisher's Lunch, provides a sampling of deals and some publishing news. Promote To my way of thinking, there are two types of promotion: developing ongoing name recognition and promoting specific titles. Ongoing Name Recognition It's never to early to start. Business cards. Get some. You can even get them free. Pens. Everyone loves pens, everyone needs pens. Consider getting some with your name and website address. Create a banner, use it. Know a place that does a great job? Let me know because I need one. Start a readers loop. Yahoo groups is easy and fast. In fact, if you'd like to see how it works, join mine. Title Specific Promotion Title specific promotion is divided into 5 phases. Phase One: Receive a new contract--you want to generate interest in the title and "keep your name out there." Possible moves include: Send announcements to reader/writer sites. There are many out there, do a search for review sites and you'll find many places that also post author news. The Romance Studio has a very reasonable promotional plan. Request interviews. Check out Coffee Time Romance; I enjoyed the interview I did with Cassandra. Phase Two: Receive your release date--you want to put the foundation of your promotional plan in place. Possible moves include: Phase Three: 3-4 weeks prior to release date--you want to be sure everything is in order and generate buzz. Possible moves include: Phase Four: Release date--you want to make sure your readers know your title is available and also attract new readers. Possible moves include: Phase Five: Post release--you want to keep momentum going and also generate interest in your next release.
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Writer's Top 10 Things NOT to do... 10.Thou
shalt not piss off the readers. Even if one walks up to you and say,
"Oh, so you're (insert name here), I really hated your last book, just
couldn't finish it" - your response should be pleasant and smiling.
"Well that's too bad (insert reader name here), you're going to miss out
on this dynamite book where the hero has three penises and the heroine
has twelve orgasms a day." At that point you give them a big smile and
head for the bar, you're going to need it. |
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