Just a reminder that I was a guest on The Back Story Radio Show today at 12:30 PM Eastern. You can visit http://www.blogtalkradio.com/back-story/2011/03/05/the-back-story-radio-show to listen to an archive of the show. We talked about Little Shepherd, the inspiration behind the book, online book promotion, and specifically virtual book tours.
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A Christmas Kindness off to the Publisher
My latest manuscript, A Christmas Kindness, is off to the publisher who expressed interest in it when I pitched the idea during the 2010 Muse Online Writers Conference. Now starts the waiting, one of the frustrating sides of publishing.
I would appreciate your prayers on this submission.
New Writer’s Forum- The Professional Writer’s Connection
Everybody needs a little help now and then, right? I belonged to this great writing forum where I received tons of support. Unfortunately, most of the members became inactive, and despite me trying over and again, there just wasn’t enough activity to keep me motivated. So, I decided to start my own.
It’s in its infancy, and I haven’t worked with this platform before, but I hope you’ll become a member and help me get it started. My good friend, Carol, was kind enough to customize it for me. I am eternally grateful for her efforts. I couldn’t have launched the site today without all her help.
You’ll find The Professional Writer’s Connection at http://profwritersconnect.forumotion.com/forum. Membership is free and it’s easy to join.
We’ll be adding a goals section soon so that you can share your writing goals and get support from your fellow writers to achieve them.
I’m always open to comments and suggestions.
Hope to see you at The Professional Writer’s Connection!
Little Shepherd World of Ink Virtual Book Tour Schedule for January 2011
Just in case you thought I would take too much of a vacation from promoting Little Shepherd, I am following the LITTLE SHEPHERD VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR ’10 up with a new month-long virtual book tour from World of Ink.January 2011 will be a month full of interviews, guest posts, reviews, and giveaways. Here is my current schedule:
January 3rd
RRRadio-Stories for Children with hosts: VS Grenier, D.M. Cunningham and Tiffany Strelitz Haber.
Live Radio Interview at 11am MST (10am PST, Noon Central and 1pm EST) http://www.blogtalkradio.com/rrradio/2011/01/03/rfk-stories-for-children
Call in number (646) 595-4478
January 4th
Families Matter Blog Interview
January 5th
The Product Review Place – Author Spotlight
Book Marketing Network – Guest Post
http://thebookmarketingnetwork.com/profiles/blog/list?user=VSGrenier&xgs=1&xg_source=msg_share_url
January 7th
The Writing Mama – Guest Post
January 9th
Utah Children’s Writer Blog – Guest Post
January 10th
One Zillion Books – Review/Giveaway
January 11th
Families Matter Blog – Book Review
January 12th
Roth’s Inspiring Books & Products
January 13th
VBT-Writers On The Move – Guest Post
http://vbt-writersonthemove.blogspot.com/
January 14th
Writing to the Hearts of Children
January 17th
The Maggie Project
January 18th
Stories for Children Magazine FG Interview
January 19th
Home School Blogger – Book Review/Giveaway http://homeschoolblogger.com/homeschoolbookreview/
January 20th
Putting Words Down on Paper – Review
January 21st
Quadruple Z – Review/Giveaway
January 24th
Bless Their Hearts Mom – Review
January 25th
Sweeps 4 Bloggers – Review
January 26th
Health, Beauty, Children and Family – Review
Thanks to the World of Ink group and all the bloggers who are putting together a great virtual book tour for Little Shepherd. I can’t wait to get started!
Stay plugged into this blog for more virtual book tour updates. I’ll be using Facebook and Twitter to help me promote these stops, so feel free to friend and follow me at:
Little Shepherd Virtual Book Tour ’10 Giveaway Winners
This might just be the most exciting post of the entire LITTLE SHEPHERD VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR ’10. These are the announcements for the winners of both giveaways I ran during my virtual book tour.
The winner of Giveaway #1 is: Cathy W!
Here is what Cathy has won:
An autographed copy of Little Shepherd
Angel figurine printed with the Serenity Prayer
A Little Shepherd sticky note pad
Little Drummer Boy 2010 Hallmark Keepsake Ornament
Gift of Peace 2003 Hallmark Keepsake Ornament
Retail value of Giveaway #1 is $65
The winner of Giveaway #2 is Pat C!
Here is what Pat has won:
A “Sparkling Angel” scented jar candle from Yankee Candle
An angel gold and silver lid topper for the candle
An angel tea light holder from Yankee Candle
A Little Shepherd sticky note pad
A Jim Shore Nativity Star hanging ornament
A Jim Shore Holy Family hanging ornament
A $25 Amazon.com gift card
Retail Value of Giveaway #2 is $97
Congratulations to our winners! They have 72 hours to respond to my email. If I haven’t heard from them within that time frame, I will select new winners.
My thanks go out to everyone who supported me during my virtual book tour: family, friends, bloggers, readers, and more!
I will be going on another virtual book tour in January, so look for the details of that coming soon.
You can purchase a copy of Little Shepherd at:
Guardian Angel Publishing
Indiebound.org
You can also email me at cg20pm00(at)gmail(dot)com if you would like an autographed copy of the book. The cost of an authographed copy would be $10, plus a flat $3 shipping and handling fee for anywhere in the United States. Additional shipping charges would apply outside of the United States.
Happy New Year everyone!
