Hello World,
Santa & Mrs. Claus! Aren't they precious?!!!
Have you got your Christmas decorations up? I’ve been known to procrastinate, but I’m happy to say that I put up my Christmas decorations yesterday! Yay! I know a lot of people put their decorations up the day after Thanksgiving, but I’m making progress…baby steps…
Okay, on to the subject of this post…If you’ve been checking out my blog for a while, you know that my book, After the Altar Call: The Sisters’ Guide to Developing a Personal Relationship With God, is coming out in just over two months (I’m SUPER EXCITED!!!). And since I started my marketing and promotion activities back in August, I’ve been writing a monthly recap of my progress….If you haven’t read those posts, check them out here…
“I’m Bout It Bout It aka Marketing & Promotion Month 1…”
“I’m Bout It Bout It aka Marketing & Promotion Month 2…”
“I’m Bout It Bout It aka Marketing & Promotion Month 3…”
“I’m Bout It Bout It aka Marketing & Promotion Month 4…”
The Riverdale Middle School orchestra got down...
And so now I’m recapping month 5 or November! (I should have posted on this topic on Wednesday, but I had to meet a writing deadline…) The first order of business was to get help! As I mentioned in last month’s post. I’m a a full-time reporter, a part-time fitness instructor, a sometime market reasearcher, a freelance writer, a blogger and an upcoming author/marketing & promoting professional…and it was getting to be too much…But I’m happy to say that I now have secured help for my marketing & promotion and the planning of my launch party…Did I mention PARTY? Yes, I did…As Bishop T.D. Jakes says, “Get ready, get ready, get ready…” We are a planning a fabulous launch party for Feb. 14, the release date of my book, that will be the spot for you and your boo on V-Day…But if you are not booed up, that’s okay too because there will be something for erebody 🙂 More details to come…
Since I do have help, this has cleared up some mental energy to complete the final edits of 
my book AND line up my book tour…More details on that to come as well…In addition to editing and planning my book tour, I’m still freelance writing and blogging…In October, I told you I attended Blogalicious 2011, and now I have started networking with and supporting other bloggers! I’m proud to say I’m a part of Social Fabric, a community of bloggers, and I’m looking forward to expanding my blog and making it the best it can be…Expanding my blog is one of my marketing & promotion goals plus I just love blogging!!! And look out for awesome posts (if I say so myself) in the months to come…
Pointe South Elementary School chorus!!!
I also learned that tweeting is a marketing & promotion must at Blogalicious, and I’m trying to up my Twitter game…Last month, I only had 74 followers, but now, I have reached over a 100…and of course, I still need more…so follow me @jackiehwrites…
These two second graders sat next to me at the tree lighting...They were so much fun..I almost felt maternal...
As I have said in previous marketing & promotion posts, I still have some stuff up my sleeve and in the the months to come, more will be revealed…
And since I wrote this post in December rather November, I’ve included some photos from the City of Riverdale Annual Christmas Tree Lighting & Holiday Celebration I attended last night…Enjoy!
Any thoughts?
You’re on the move! Yes, marketing and promotion can become overwhelming and even suck the joy out of your author experience if you let it. As an author, you feel as if you spent all that time writing/editing the book and you want as many people to know about it as possible. But the pimpin’ can take over your life. I’ve had to backpedal a bit on this issue, and have some different strategies for my January release. When you get a minute, read my blog entry about my search for balance at http://sisterscribbler.blogspot.com/2011/11/search-for-balance.html
Yes, Chicki…it can soo very overwhelming…and I’m praying it will be all worth it in just two months:) Heading over to your blog now…