Guest post: "In the Sugar Bowl," by Julie Ann James, author of IRISH JEWEL
To write your book is an
amazing accomplishment and a challenge to say the least, but what should an
author do once it’s finished and in your hands. That is the scariest most
intimidating thing to do is to promote your own book. I am thinking that is why
authors take so long in the process and continue to write and re-write their
chapters it is because they are prolonging the inevitable marketing and
promotion of their books.
The ultimate goal for
most writers is to get their books into the hands of their readers; however it
is way up there on the scary part of the writing and publishing process. You
might compare it to going to a scary movie and keeping one eye open as you
never know what you might see or hear. We all want the kudos of course and the
positive feedback, however an author cannot get that unless they put themselves
them out there. Promotion is the key!
There are many little
tricks of the trade to get the word out about your book and a few that I can
suggest are simple as designing a business card or a bookmark. I am notorious
for placing my bookmarks in the pocket on an airplane in hopes someone will
find it and order many putting me way up there on the best seller list. I have
also placed my business cards in the sugar bowl at a restaurant letting it
stick up just far enough for someone to notice.
One just never knows who might be looking for a mystery novel to read or
recommend to a friend. And being in the sugar bowl just sweetened the deal.
Title: IRISH JEWEL
Genre: Suspense
Author: Julie Ann James
Website: www.peppertreepublishing.com
Publisher: www.peppertreepublishing.com
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out more on Amazon
About
the Book:
When Irish
Jewel opens, bride-to-be Amy Reid is living out a fairy tale. She’s engaged to be married to the love of
her life, Michael Cambridge, an Irishman. Michael, a member of one of Dublin’s
most prominent families and heir to the
Cambridge precious gem business, is everything a girl could dream of—and
more. He’s handsome, loving, charming,
smart, successful, and, as icing on the wedding cake, Amy and Michael will be
married in an elaborate ceremony in Dublin. This lavish, spare-no-expense event
will be an exquisite dream-come-true-affair—a beautiful beginning to their
lives together.
But this dream-come-true quickly turns into
a nightmare: what begins as a vague
threat quick escalates into something much more sinister. On the eve of what
should be the happiest day of her life, Amy is quickly swept up in an insidious
web of danger, kidnapping, and murder.
When long buried truths emerge and dark
secrets come to light, this fairy tale will be irretrievably fractured. Nothing is as it seems—and the only way to
win this deadly game is to get out alive. But the odds are stacked against
Michael and Amy. Will they even live to
see “till death us do part”? Expect the unexpected in this twisted tale...
About
the Author
Julie Ann James is an avid speaker
and author who penned her first book at the age of 10. In 2003, Julie Ann
founded Pepper Tree Magazine, a literary
magazine based in Sarasota, Florida, and later founded The Peppertree
Press. A longtime Sarasota resident,
Julie Ann is also the author of The
Pepper Tree Story: How the Seeds were Planted, Finnigan the Dragon, It’s
Rhyming Peas and Carrots, The Tooth be Told, The Cows in the Garden and and
Haunted Echoes.
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