Book Promotion

How does an author - an unknown at that - promotes her book in a sea of millions?

Social media, which I'm slowly accepting, albeit reluctantly, can be an effective tool.  Book reviews, I have been told, can also be quite helpful.  But what I have found most enjoyable is the personal contact with readers.  Perhaps, it's a reflection of my generation, but I believe the personal contact is better both for the author and readers.

Readers enjoy meeting the author and have their copy personally autographed.  It provides a time for a few questions/comments taking the reader to another time and place, to hear something new, to be entertained, to take something away, and a number of other reasons.

For the author, it's a complement and humbling that the reader is interested in my story.  I'm curious too, in their comments and questions, their point of view.

This active engagement is what is enjoyable.

New White Sandals

New White Sandals, A Memoir,  is my first book.  I wrote the book due to the urging of friends when they heard the dramatic events of my young life.  But, I wasn't a writer.  How do I begin, let alone, tell my story in a way that would engage the reader.

So I took the same class, over and over again - Writing from Memory - at College of Marin, in Kentfield, CA taught by Jackie Kudler, a published poet, and an extraordinary teacher.  She would often say, "show your reader" by providing relevant detail to your story.

Reaching into my memory of many years ago, the reader will hear the voice and feel the emotions of a young story-teller.