Marian Perera's Page

I made up some fliers about my book, with the cover art on the front and an excerpt on the back, and decided to give one to an instructor of mine who likes fantasy. So I taped a chocolate toonie to the front, wrote "Hi Michelle, take a look!" on a Post-It, stuck that on the flier and slipped it into her mailbox.Today Michelle told me that when she found it, at first she was pleased to get candy. "Then I looked at the flier," she said. "And I thought, oh, that's interesting. Marian found a…See More

I'd like more reviews (wouldn't we all?) but I was wondering something. If someone emails you out of the blue to say hi, I read your book and it was great, would you reply thanking them and then asking or suggesting that they post this as a review on Amazon, B&N, etc?So far I've been thanking people and letting them know that I've planned a sequel to my book. It didn't occur to me to ask anyone to post a review because I figured, that's up to the reader and they might feel pressured by such…See More

Hope this helps other authors with promotion!Kindle Nation DailyNovel CriticDaily Ebook ReviewsKindle Books ReviewedThe Indie SpotlightSpalding's RacketRed Adept…See More

I'd like more reviews (wouldn't we all?) but I was wondering something. If someone emails you out of the blue to say hi, I read your book and it was great, would you reply thanking them and then asking or suggesting that they post this as a review on Amazon, B&N, etc?So far I've been thanking people and letting them know that I've planned a sequel to my book. It didn't occur to me to ask anyone to post a review because I figured, that's up to the reader and they might feel pressured by such…See More

I'd like more reviews (wouldn't we all?) but I was wondering something. If someone emails you out of the blue to say hi, I read your book and it was great, would you reply thanking them and then asking or suggesting that they post this as a review on Amazon, B&N, etc?So far I've been thanking people and letting them know that I've planned a sequel to my book. It didn't occur to me to ask anyone to post a review because I figured, that's up to the reader and they might feel pressured by such…See More

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Hi everyone,There's a lot of information online about promoting our books and/or blogs. But I'm curious about the types of promotion that are unadvised. Just yesterday I read a suggestion about multiple parties. A writer wanted to throw a book launch party, and someone advised her to also throw a book release party, first sale party, interview party, book signing party and so on.I'm still not sure whether that was entirely serious.Then today I read about the tactic of joining a discussion board…See More

Hi everyone,There's a lot of information online about promoting our books and/or blogs. But I'm curious about the types of promotion that are unadvised. Just yesterday I read a suggestion about multiple parties. A writer wanted to throw a book launch party, and someone advised her to also throw a book release party, first sale party, interview party, book signing party and so on.I'm still not sure whether that was entirely serious.Then today I read about the tactic of joining a discussion board…See More

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