Kindle2: The Midnight Effect by Pamela Fryer – Romantic Suspense paranormal. Very Good! Review to be posted at CataRomances.
Sometimes Murphy Wins by Cassidy McKay -- A lightly erotic, fun contemporary romance with a bit of ghostly interference! Review to be posted at YGR.
Miss Bisque and the Colonel by Carol North. This contemporary romance was different and very interesting - an emotional growth for the heroine. Starts a bit slow but when it gets going its an emotional ride and you do not want to stop reading! Reviewing for the author will be posted here at MBS.
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Currently reading:
PB: A Circle of Souls by Preetham Grandi. This thriller will be my main read this week. Reviewing for the author.
Audible: On Hold
Kindle2: All or Nothing by Ashley Ludwig – A lovely, sweet Historical Romance. Reviewing for YGR.
Next up: Killer Dolls by Angelica Hart and Zi. Romantic Suspense. Reviewing for YGR.
Audio CD: I Can See You by Karen Rose. Romantic Suspense. About 50% into this. I have a couple of suspects in mind and it will be interesting to see if I am right! A very good mystery and romance! Reviewing for YGR.
We missed regular service this morning as we were away for our daughter's wedding.
This video has beautiful pictures from God's creation with a wonderful song!
Here is a beautiful blessing for marriage:
Apache Wedding Blessing
Now you will feel no rain
For each of you will be shelter to the other.
Now each of you will feel no cold
For each of you will be warmth to the other.
Now there is no loneliness for you
For each of you will be companion to the other.
Now you are two persons
But there is one life before you.
Go now to your dwelling place to enter into the days of your togetherness
And may your days be good and long upon the earth.
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Here I am once more chatting with Dee Julian author of The Macgregor's Daughter for Part Three of our “series” interview.
Dee and I discussed her writing process in Part One of the interview and the book in Part Two.
PART THREE - QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PUBLISHING/PROMOTING PROCESS:
M: How difficult was it for you to get to a point of getting your book published?
Dee: Extremely. It took about nine years. In my experience, most traditional publishers do not wish to invest in unpublished authors who haven’t proven themselves. My question is…how do you prove yourself if you cannot get published? RWA contests? Been there, done that. Even won or finaled in several, but nothing came of it. Now, most of these same publishers no longer accept unsolicited manuscripts. In other words…get an agent. But getting an agent is no easy task. Ninety percent of the ones I queried from the Predators and Editors website several years ago did not respond. It was very frustrating, to say the least.
M: Wow. I am sorry to hear how difficult it was/is in the publishing field. I am sure glad that you persevered because I think The Macgregor’s daughter was a wonderful book and deserves to be available to the public.
Do you enjoy promoting your book and do you do anything special to promote?
Dee: I have to confess, Martha. I don’t like promoting at all. It takes away from my writing time, plus I’m very ignorant in regards to the promotions business. If I had a ton of money, I’d hire an expert. Instead, I roam the romance groups, adding an excerpt here and there. I also ask for reviews from reputable reviewers like you, Martha. Thank you for your hard work and dedication in this area. I also enter contests such as The New Covey Cover Awards or the YouGottaRead book trailer awards. (I didn’t win, but you can find my book trailer below) I’ve just recently done a book signing at the local library, and I donated several ebooks to a local book club. They loved the story and invited me to their monthly meeting. I had a great time with those ladies!
M: It seems that promoting is a whole other task that authors have to master. I think that library and book store signings can be fun but that is more work too.
The Cover for The Macgregor's Daughter is beautiful - did you have any input in getting the cover?
Dee: Thank you, Martha. I've gotten so many nice comments about this book cover, and I'm proud to say that I did have some input. After I signed the contract with Wild Child Publishing, they sent me a form asking me to describe in detail what I wanted on the cover. That part was easy because I'd had a particular cover stored in my head for several years. I completed the form then emailed it to their cover artist, Valerie Tibbs of Graphics by Design. I have to give her most of the credit. She was wonderful. We must have had a psychic connection at some point because she created exactly what my mind saw...with one exception. She hadn't included Pegasus. I explained to her how important it was (for me) to have that horse on the cover, and I'm very happy she found him.
M: I'm glad he is there as he is beautiful. Speaking of beautiful, here is the very lovely trailer:
Please check in next Wednesday for the final installment with some personal questions.
And don't forget to check out the review and enter the Giveaway for a copy of the book!
