All posts by Cheryl Malandrinos

Little Shepherd Virtual Book Tour Week Seven Recap

In case you missed me, here is a list of my stops from week seven of the LITTLE SHEPHERD VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR ’10.

Monday, November 15

Guest blogging at Glamourastic Eats

Tuesday, November 16

Interviewed at Let’s Talk Virtual Book Tours

Book reviewed at Lady D Books

Wednesday, November 17

Guest blogging at Life in the First Draft

Thursday, November 18

Guest blogging at Life in the First Draft

Book reviewed at RBC Library

Friday, November 19

Guest blogging at Life in the First Draft

Interviewed at Judge a Book By The Cover

Little Shepherd Virtual Book Tour – Week Six

Here is where you’ll find me this week during the LITTLE SHEPHERD VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR ’10:

Monday, November 8

Guest blogging at Book Marketing Buzz

Interviewed at Linda Weaver Clarke’s blog

Tuesday, November 9

Guest blogging at Thoughts in Progress

Guest blogging at Double M

Wednesday, November 10

Book reviewed at A Room without Books is Empty

Book reviewed at Mayra’s Secret Bookcase

Thursday, November 11

Interviewed at The Writer’s Life

Interviewed at Margot’s Books for Kids and Writing News

Friday, November 12

Book reviewed at My Favorite Things

Interviewed at Beth’s Book Basket

Stop by these blog stops and leave comments for your chance to win a gift basket full of Christmas themed prizes, including an autographed copy of Little Shepherd, a retelling of the Christmas story that has ranked as an Amazon bestseller in its category in September, October, and November.

Little Shepherd Virtual Book Tour – Week Five Recap

In case you missed me at any of these stops last week, here is a list of blogs I visited with the direct links embedded in the title. Leave comments at any or all of these blog stops to increase your chances of winning Giveaway #1, which retails for $65!

Monday, November 1
Interviewed at As the Pages Turn

Tuesday, November 2
Book reviewed at Broken Teepee

Wednesday, November 3
Book reviewed at Debbie’s Book Bag

Thursday, November 4
Book spotlighted on The Plot
Guest blogging at SFC Blog Family Matters
Book reviewed at Café of Dreams

Friday, November 5
Guest blogging at The Plot
Book reviewed at Confessions of an Overworked Mom


Thanks to my wonderful blog hosts and readers!
Remember, those who purchase a copy of Little Shepherd from one of the vendors below and send me proof of purchase by December 19, 2010, will be entered in to win a separate giveaway of lovely prizes with a retail value of $97!
Little Shepherd is available from:

The 1st Month of the Little Shepherd VBT Ends and a Schedule for the 1st Week of November

It’s hard to believe the first month of my virtual book tour is over. I am pleased with the results I am seeing so far. Little Shepherd ranked in the Top 100 books in its category for three days in a row, which means I am seeing book sales. In addition, I wrote an article this week titled, “Why Virtual Book Tours Work“. If you read that article, you’ll see the positive impact my tour has had on my Google and Bing results.

Here is a list of my stops for the last week of October:

Monday, October 25

Interviewed at Beyond the Books

Tuesday, October 26

Interviewed at Promo 101 Promotional Interviews

Wednesday, October 27

Book reviewed and guest blogging at Coffee & Keyboard

Thursday, October 28

Book reviewed at The Crypto-Caper Reviews

Friday, October 29

Book reviewed at Elysabeth’s Emerald City

My only disappointment is that people aren’t commenting much. This isn’t unusual for a virtual book tour. I tell my clients not to worry about comments because comments don’t buy books. It’s just that I put together two really nice giveaways, one specifically for people who commented on my tour stops, and not a lot of people are biting.

Monday starts a new month and more great chances to enter your name in for one of the two giveaways I am running. You can find details for the giveaways at http://littleshepherdchildrensbook.blogspot.com/2010/09/giveaways-announced-for-little-shepherd.html

Here’s where you can find me during the first week of November:

Monday, November 1

Interviewed at As the Pages Turn

Tuesday, November 2

Book reviewed at Broken Teepee

Wednesday, November 3

Book reviewed at Café of Dreams

Book reviewed at Debbie’s Book Bag

Thursday, November 4

Book spotlighted on The Plot

Guest blogging at SFC Blog Family Matters

Friday, November 5

Guest blogging at The Plot

Book reviewed at Confessions of an Overworked Mom

I hope to see you there!

You can purchase a copy of Little Shepherd at

Amazon
Barnes and Noble
Guardian Angel Publishing
Indiebound.org

 
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Writers Conferences are a Great Source of Inspiration for Panelists Too!

I attended the Write Angles 25th Writers Conference today. I sat on two exciting panels:

We’re Not in Kansas Anymore: Launching Your Book into Cyberspace

How Bad Do You Want It?: Carving Out the Time and Space to Write.

When I attended Write Angles last year, I was so inspired I ended up joining the planning committee for this year’s conference. It surprised me, however, that even sitting on a panel inspired me to work harder toward continuing my writing career. Talking about writing, making time to write, and how to promote your books online, really got me pumped.

Now that Little Shepherd is out and I am ready to send my second children’s manuscript off to a publisher, I want to write even more and put what I learned from the conference into practice.

Both keynote speakers–Magdalena Gomez and Andre Dubus III–were excellent. Because both my panels were in the morning, I didn’t get a chance to take advantage of sitting in on the other panels; but the agents panel was insightful, giving me a glimpse into what agents are looking for in submissions.

I can’t wait until next year’s Write Angles Conference!