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Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had wonderfully merry holiday and New Year.
I’m excited to start the new year with a BANG! Yup, I have something super special to share with you all. Today you get to see the book cover of my forthcoming debut novel All We Left Behind! This is a big milestone in my life, and I can’t wait for the book to hit the shelves in December 2015. Are you as excited to see the new cover as I am excited to share it?
Cue the dramatic music …
To heighten the dramatic tension …
You actually have to go to another blog to see the cover! (Doesn’t this feel like an exciting “choose your own adventure” book?)
The Cover of All We Left Behind can be seen on TWO blogs:
In addition to showing off the book design, you can also read exclusive excerpts of the novel on both blogs. Each blog has a different snippet – so be sure to visit both!
2014 was a good year to me, I hope 2015 is even better. Thank you all for being here to share in the excitement!
Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had wonderfully merry holiday and New Year.
I’m excited to start the new year with a BANG! Yup, I have something super special to share with you all. Today you get to see the book cover of my forthcoming debut novel All We Left Behind! This is a big milestone in my life, and I can’t wait for the book to hit the shelves in December 2015. Are you as excited to see the new cover as I am excited to share it?
Cue the dramatic music …
To heighten the dramatic tension …
You actually have to go to another blog to see the cover! (Doesn’t this feel like an exciting “choose your own adventure” book?)
The Cover of All We Left Behind can be seen on TWO blogs:
In addition to showing off the book design, you can also read exclusive excerpts of the novel on both blogs. Each blog has a different snippet – so be sure to visit both!
2014 was a good year to me, I hope 2015 is even better. Thank you all for being here to share in the excitement!
Does Twitter mystify you? Is everyone around you talking about it (and using it), but you’re not sure why Twitter would be useful to you as an author?
I like to think about Twitter as one big global “town square” where you can share your opinion, have conversations, share, and do it in real time! Twitter is a great platform to build and interact with your audience.
Even if you’re an old pro at twitter or new to the tweet-a-sphere, check out these quick tips on how to use Twitter to talk about you and your books.
BE AUTHENTIC AND FIND YOUR OWN VOICE:
- Don’t just post links. Be you and show your readers that you’re a real person.
- Not sure what to say on Twitter? Follow other people with similar interests as you. Share your hobbies, personal interests, favorite sports team, or your thoughts as you watch TV shows or read a book.
- Find your own authentic voice. For example @ruthreichl tweets in a beautiful writerly voice:
- @JudyBlume tweets about her life in a direct and frank manner:
- @timFederle is really funny:
SHARE YOUR PROCESS:
- Followers want to learn about your life! Share your writing life and writing tips.
- Use photos, videos, and vine to share your process.
- Get advice and tips from your followers. Crowd source content if you want.
ENGAGE:
- Respond and tweet about you and your books.
- Engage with your followers, talk about what they’re doing.
- Host a Q & A on twitter. Remember you don’t have to answer every question asked of you. Pick the ones that allow you to share the message that’s important to you.
- Do an account take over. This is when you tweet from another account and reach a new audience. Sometimes authors do this with bookstores or media outlets.
SEARCH TWITTER:
- Search for your name on twitter, or your book’s name. This will show you conversations people are having about you and your work that you weren’t tagged in.
- Use hashtags.
- See what public conversations are happening about you or your book.
- Search by using: http://www.search.twitter.com
BE CREATIVE:
- Write stories on twitter. Check out the hashtag #TwitterFictionFestival2014, where tons of authors experimented with fiction and tweets. Learn more by visiting their archive: twitterfictionfestival.com/archive.
- Tweet a short story like R.L. Stine did.
- Shared a non-fiction essay like author Teju Cole. He shared a whole essay “A Piece of the Wall” in 140 character tweets. He created its own account to do it.
- Create conversations with other authors.
- Invent characters, or tweet as your character.
- Tweet about parallel worlds.
- Experimenting creates interest and gathers followers. Create new things and you’ll get attention.
HOW TO TELL IF YOU’RE SUCCESSFUL:
- Don’t focus on your overall number of followers.
- Focus on how much your followers interact with you.
- Pay attention to the rate in which you collect new followers (i.e. one per day, etc.) and see how that relates to your activity on twitter.
- Are you getting lots of re-tweets? Is your message moving past your followers to new groups of people?
- Don’t “buy” followers from services that promise to increase your twitter numbers. Twitter doesn’t like these accounts and deletes them when it finds them. Plus you’re not interacting with the followers on this list. It’s just numbers and not genuine interaction.
HOW OFTEN SHOULD I TWEET?
- As frequently as you want. It’s up to you to see what works for your schedule.
- It’s good to create a habit. Tweeting once a day is a great way to create a habit. Think about tweeting every time to sit down to watch a show, etc.
ON CREATING MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS:
- You can create as many accounts as you want.
- You won’t lose followers if you change your twitter handle. Feel free to create a new handle with the account you have instead of creating a whole new account.
- Don’t create a personal account and a professional account. Followers want to get to know you and will want to see what’s in the personal account.
- Create a new account for your character!
TWITTER PROTOCOL:
- Put on your public face. Twitter is live and instant. Behave as you would in public.
- It’s a great place to debate, but keep it simple.
- Don’t use too many hashtags. Stick to one hashtag per tweet. More than one hashtag can start to look like spam.
- Everything you tweet is searchable. Nothing is private unless you use Direct Message.
WHY USE VINE:
- It’s super popular with the teen market right now.
- Engages with your followers in a visual way.
- It’s great for visual storytelling.
OTHER NOTES:
- Try and focus your twitter campaigns around you book release.
- Check out @twitterbooks. They’re always tweeting interesting things that other authors are doing!
Happy tweeting everyone!
Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your special day!
Thanks for hosting the Canadian Reveal, Mel! I’m so happy to share the cover with everyone! Yay!
Great cover! Keep us posted when it becomes available on Amazon.
Thanks Brianna! You can mark it as “To Read” on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22064124-all-we-left-behind The good news is that it’s coming out in Dec 2015, and not April 2016 as posted.
Woohoo!!
Gorgeous cover, Ingrid!
Thanks!!!