I am new author and I thought I was well read until I noticed several things while writing and then publishing my first novel. The easy part, was actually completing the manuscript. What is harder is fending off scammers and predatory marketers, salesmen and women within your own publisher. You have to get used to being the author and agent all in one and protecting your work.
I started writing this book not really out of spite but as a means to prove a point that I could and also to process my past.
A bit about my book #NotMyFamily. I was officially published almost 2 months ago. I have been fending off predatory practices of marketing people, other publishing scams, book fair scammers while trying to garner sales. What I am learning from research is I had options as far as editorial, book jacket design, and marketing strategy. The marketing, publicity, and promotion of my book could have started way before the actual publication of the book if I had not been subjected to pressure tactics to lock in other services that I really did not need.
This PS and questions for book clubs could have been part of the original book instead a post publication endeavor but at least I have control over the final product and final.
About Me: Long time blogger, reader, and tech nerd who is a proud worker bee at Blue Cross Blue Shield of TN and proud owner of a big ol’ F150 living in Chattanooga TN.
The Book
The book is a work of fiction loosely based on actual events of my life and interactions. It is not a character assassination of the dead nor is real insight into my own psyche. It is a tragic love story and a family saga imagined. It is a different interpretation of events in hopes to inspire and to entertain. But if you find a little truth in this story hopefully it will evoke change and self-growth.
Reading Guide
#NotMyFamily is available on FeliciaBaxter.com, Amazon, Barnes And Noble, and Walmart(trying to figure out why that is still showing not in stock). The following guide is not included in the original printing.
I hope to start posting questions and thoughts on Instagram soon and have to become a full fledged Bookstagrammer (yes, that’s a thing to market my book on that platform). There is just a lot more to be and to do as an author/agent/marketer. There is just so much more on this journey, crazy and exciting. See let’s do this! Follow my Podcast on Podbean, Itunes, and Spotify…
Long time blogger, reader, and tech nerd who is a proud owner of a big ol’ F150 living in Chattanooga TN.
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