ABOUT THE BOOK
As an ER nurse, Emma
knows life can change in the blink of an eye. When fate comes knocking, she
finds herself far away from the city and back on the mountain ranch where she
grew up -with the intention to close up and sell the house so she can move on.
But fate isn’t done with her yet, and
that’s when she finds him, the one Two-Feathers calls ‘Star Brother’. Wounded
and unconscious, Emma assumes he’s a military test pilot, until he opens his
amethyst eyes and stares into the very essence of her being.
Excerpt
She turned back and looked into his eyes. Not blue. Could they be
purple? She smiled and forced herself to remain calm. “Of course.” She reached for the water
again. “Would you like some soup, or vegetable stew?” she offered. She was
unable to take her eyes off of his, until he closed them and nodded. She
wondered if he knew what soup was.
Silently, she stepped out of the room,
grabbed the laundry from the floor and headed toward the kitchen, her mind
racing. Purple, his eyes were purple. Who or what was he? Her imagination was
coming up with way too many scenarios. Wait, wasn’t there some actress with
purple eyes? She headed past the kitchen to the mudroom and dropped the load
into the washer. A noise from behind startled her and she spun around, dropping
the capful of laundry soap. She clutched at her chest, forcing air into her
lungs. “You scared me.”
Two-Feathers stood in the doorway and
nodded. “I guess that means you found him.” Bo danced around his legs, demanding
attention.
She tilted her head and her mouth opened to
say something but then shut it. Flustered, she grabbed a dirty towel to pick up
her mess and tossed it into the machine before looking back at the shaman. “You
want tea?” she asked as she pushed past him to the kitchen.
He remained in the doorway. “He is not
dangerous.” His voice was calm and level. “I came to see if you needed help.”
She put the kettle on the stove and turned
to face him. “’Could have used a hand to get him down from the mountain.” Her
eyes met his. She let the reassurance he seemed to send out ease her nerves.
“You knew.” It wasn’t a question.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
All her life, Debbie has spun stories in her mind, watching characters
come to life, seemingly by themselves. After working as a nurse, teacher,
martial arts instructor, artist, and CIC officer in the Canadian forces, not to
mention her many hobbies, her life reads like a story itself. And yet, her
favorite thing is still a cozy fire, a good book, and country living with her
husband JP and her youngest of four children. After graduating from the
Institute of Children’s Literature’s advanced writing course, she is finally
devoting herself to writing these stories down, taking us all on a ride we won’t
quickly forget.
Contact info:
Facebook Book Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Amethyst-Eyes/169207996492385
Goodreads Author Page:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5370747.Debbie_Brown
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Thank you for reading!
Wise advice from Debbie Brown
Making Your
Way as an Author
Since I
have published my book I have had great pleasure in meeting other authors. I
can honestly say I have found an amazing group people from around the world who
all share something in common with me, and that’s the love of writing and story
telling.
Another
thing we have in common is marketing.
Where we
may differ is as vast as the ocean…and that’s anything from simple differences
like being traditionally, assisted or self-published, to formally trained in
writing and journalism or a moonlighter with literary aspirations.
Although I
have taken writing courses, which include all kinds of training and preparation
from writing short stories, articles and novels to finding an agent or
publisher, one thing lacking in these courses is anything and everything to do
with marketing. Now don’t get me wrong, I love what I have learned, but I would
have gladly taken an extra semester that included marketing.
So, here
you are the published author…I guess you could compare that to being dropped
into a canoe in the middle of the woods, paddle in hand. Note that I did not
say “on or near” the water. That’s because you have to start paddling right
where you are, to the nearest stream that might lead to a river or lake. Then
what? You are still a long way from the ocean and paddling through gravel isn’t
easy.
Once you
hit water, you find yourself surrounded by others, paddling feverishly toward
the next segment or body of water.
Every
author knows all too well the amount of work they’ve invested in their
manuscript. So why not make sure what your marketing has every chance of making
it to the ocean? How? By making sure some simple principles have been followed.
1) Have
your work edited, critiqued and revised.
2) Make
sure your book cover is a good one…too often Indie authors have slapped
whatever/however on their book. Now this is where countless Indie authors will
pipe in telling me just how much time/effort/money went into their covers. My
point here is that a few bad ones taint the pool, unfortunately labelling the
lot.
3) If you
are formatting your ebook on your own and do not have the money to have it done
right, then ASK SOMEONE. There are other authors willing to help. Bad grammar
is one thing, but getting author name and page number smack dab in the middle
of your sentence is annoying.
By
following these few tips you now have a quality product to promote.
Here are
some things to consider while you’re promoting:
1) Develop
your author platform and begin letting people know you’re out there. Pace
yourself so that you can keep on top of your pages/sites. Doing too much too
fast will show.
2) Join
groups and cross market one another. I was told in a webinar that more than 10%
self-promoting can turn people off of you. Host authors on your blog, do fun
interviews and giveaways.
3) Look
into Author Solutions, Writer’s Digest and similar places to keep up with the
changing trends, get marketing tips and tools, (they offer free webinars). Get
onboard with Goodreads (various groups), there are more threads than is humanly
possible to follow from blog tours to reviews and cross-promoting.
4) Consider
entering your work into contests. The recognition gained is priceless.
5)
Participate in author presentations, book signings and book fairs to give
yourself the chance to meet readers and become ‘real’ to them.
OK, so
let’s say we’ve made it into a larger body of water…now what?
My best
advice comes back to pacing yourself because aside from paying someone to
handle your marketing, there’s no way out of it. You will have to roll up your
sleeves and paddle your way along the current. Once you get a rhythm going
enjoy yourself. Have fun meeting other authors, bloggers, and readers. I must
say there are some great people out there and I am thrilled to have made some
new friends.
Thanks for the great post!
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