Brainstorming when to #launch my #book #paranormalcrimefiction #publicationdate #coverreveal #Booktrailerreveal #booktour #editing #proofreading #betareading

  • 1 month for editing
  • 1 month for proofreading
  • 1 month for beta reading
  • 8 weeks to prepare for a cover reveal
  • 8 weeks to prepare for a book trailer reveal
  • 8 weeks to prepare for a book tour. So the book needs to be released during the book tour. Those dates needs to be checked with Shannon if they are available for the book tour and if not, add on a couple of weeks.

Today’s date is 4/24/2018

  • Editing may finish by 5/24/2018
  • Proofreading may finish by 6/24/2018
  • Beta reading may finish by 7/24/2018
  • Cover reveal may be good to do around 9/18/2018
  • Book trailer reveal may be good to do around 11/6/2018
  • Book tour may be good to do around 1/1/2019 – BAD!

By going in that order, my book doesn’t get published until January which is Christmas/ New Years/and other happy-joy-joy holidays which don’t work with a crime fiction novel.

Late September and October makes more sense. So, I need to rethink the timeline.

These dates may change if proofreading finishes in two weeks for instance and beta reading in two weeks. I only win a month and still get the book published in beginning of December! Still happy-joy-joy. HOWEVER, the case happens during Christmas so it may not necessarily be a bad thing…. BUT, the case happening during the holidays doesn’t really do anything for the case.

Today’s date is 4/24/2018

  • Editing may finish by 5/24/2018
  • Proofreading may finish by 6/24/2018
  • Beta reading may finish by 7/24/2018

Cover reveal and book trailer reveal don’t have to happen after beta reading. The important thing is to have the book cover and get Thomas working on the book trailer. To create a good book trailer, he needs to be able to read the editing and proofread book so I can send it to him around the same time as beta readers get it.

So, Today’s date is 4/24/2018

  • Editing may finish by 5/24/2018

What if give the same deadline for the cover? Or Finish cover by 6/1/2018 So, if I do 8 weeks to prepare for the cover reveal.

  • The cover reveal will be around 7/27/2018 around the time when beta readers finish reading the book and will hopefully provide small reviews that I can share with the book trailer reveal and the book tour.
  • Book trailer reveal may be good to do around 9/21/2018
  • Book tour may be good to do around 11/16/2018

HOWEVER

Finish Cover by 6/1 and having a cover reveal around 7/27 is a long time? I need to give Shannon 8 weeks notice for the cover reveal so what if I ask for a cover reveal to be around 6/15/2017. So, I need to tell Shannon about the cover reveal about 4/20/2018 and she’s at her own wedding at the moment!!! Anyway, I’ll try getting that date with Shannon (plus I have a killer idea for the cover reveal and the cover reveal needs to happen on a FRIDAY. If she takes to my idea when she comes back for that date, then we’re good for the plan!! *Evil plan.

So if we do cover reveal on 6/15 then we have 8 weeks for the book trailer.

  • Book trailer reveal may be good to do around 8/10/2018
  • Book tour may be good to do around 10/5/2018

So, its October for publication date! Good for mysteries and my book is a paranormal crime fiction.

This just took about two hours to figure out the publication date and it’s still not set in stone. HOWEVER, I like the final timeline and hopefully we can stick to it. ^_^ The book gets released a week or two before Halloween which is good. People are into mysteries and not reading thrillers yet or are and in the mood for a light mystery with mafia, vampires, and witches.

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How do you choose a publication date? Do you base it around a holiday? Do you calculate the date? Do you just choose a random date? Do you think about book tours and how much notice you need to give? What does it take?

Until next time,

AK

Brainstorming #hashtags for my latest #book #paranormalcrimefiction #ireadeverywhere

#amreading #booklovers #bibliophile #bookaddict #ebooks #bookshelf #bookshelves

#bookphotography #bookchat #litfict #GoodReads #IReadEverywhere #fiction #GreatReads

#kindle #kobo #BarnesandNoble #WhatToRead #bookworld #popbooks #chicklit

#suspense #paranormal #crimefiction #paranormalcrimefiction #organizedcrime #mafia #godfather

#bookstagram #epicreads #books #bookaddict #bookclub #booknerd #bookporn

#AngelinaKerner #AngelinaKernerFiction #AngelSvabodina #SvabodinaCaseFiles #DonTarotia #DonKamorra #DonSantino #crimefiction #organizedcrime  #lacostanostra #crime #mystery #paranormal #NAbooks

When do you start brainstorming hashtags? Do you brainstorm them or just type as ideas come?

Is there a time when it’s too late to set them and you’re stuck with basic hashtags? Or you can add on?

Out of that list, what’s your favorite? How about the hashtags that are about my book? Do they catch your attention?

Until next time,

AK

 

Brainstorming #keywords for my latest #book @kernerangelina

My latest book is a New Adult paranormal crime fiction.

  • Literature and fiction
  • Mystery
  • Suspense
  • Crime
  • Organized crime
  • Family saga
  • Mafia underworld
  • La Cosa Nostra
  • Metaphysical
  • Visionary
  • Supernatural

When do you start brainstorming keywords? Before you finish writing or after? If after you finish writing, is it during the editing phrase or when you’re setting up the book in Createspace or another company? Is there a time when it’s too late to set them and you’re stuck with basic keywords? 

Can you guys come up with more keywords for my book? Out of that list, what’s your favorite?

Until next time,

AK

Angelina Kerner as a brand #authors #books #socialmedia #me

Website:

I used to have a http://www.kernerangelina.com through webs.com. It had a bad customer service, lots of restrictions and was very old. At the same time I had www.kernerangelina.live and that’s where you are. It’s my website and my blog and I love it!

My books are on my website:

I have an individual page for each book! It has covers – animated and 3D. I love my sparkly covers. ^_^ You’ll also find book blurbs, prices and links to amazon, Kobo, and Barnes and Noble.

I have a homepage for my books:

https://kernerangelina.live/published-books/ Created it today, but hey! There needs to be a homepage for the three books. Will add fourth when I get the cover and an edited and finished book blurb! This is a central location for my readers to find all of my books. Hint hint – check out the book pages. 😉

Facebook group:

I have one! It took me a while to create one and it’s not as successful as my website/blog but hey! Go check it out! http://www.facebook.com/angelinakernerfiction. All of my blog posts are linked to the group so if you miss a post on my blog, you’ll find the links in my group. I also sometimes post other things than blog posts.

Twitter:

I’m on it. I didn’t want to be on it a couple of years ago, but then I gave in. I blame the media!

You can find me @Kernerangelina. I follow 298 individuals and have 530 followers and growing! It kind of makes me happy.

Links to my social media:

Here are my links! Facebook | Twitter | Website | Pinterest | Goodreads   Instagram If you guys think that I should be on something else, too, please let me know. I’ll consider it and maybe add a link to yet another social media profile! Instagram is a little different because it has some personal images – like baby toys, baby clothing, art, and shoes.

Email list:

Boy. I’m horrible with that one. I added a mailchimp sign up but only have 3 people signed up which is great! Thank you for signing up and hopefully more will which will make me think up on doing a cool newsletter. I’m still thinking on what to do with it! I’ll get back to you guys on that. I did, however, add links to my website on social media links so they would return to my website. Yey!

Author profile on Amazon:

I have one! https://www.amazon.com/Angelina-Kerner/e/B01BCMVO4K However, I do need to add Follow the Snowflakes on there…for some reason it’s not showing up.

Links on my email signature:

Links to my books have been edited to my email signature, along with the links to my social media.

Here’s the hard truth. Once you become an author, you become a brand and you have to stamp it everywhere. I listed the places where I tried to stamp my brand and shared it with you guys.

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Did you think of yourself as a brand before reading this? Organize your brand, you can do it similar to this and see what you have.

Until next time,

AK

How to get customers flocking towards your book? #amwriting #books #bookmarketing

Did I get your attention? I got mine, too.

My response to the question is simple – no clue.

I know an author that doesn’t like giving away free copies. Her reasoning is that – whatever you send out, you get back. Nothing’s wrong with her reasoning and I’m actually all for it. Giving away free copies doesn’t help, but we as far as self-published authors go, always give away free copies at some point. We use the reasoning that we want reviews and to raise up on the Amazon scale. There’s nothing wrong with that. Just remember to play by the rules.

Book bloggers figured out how to get free books and how to make money if they also organize book tours. Authors figured out which book bloggers to choose for book tours and reviews.

Some even take easy routes – choosing book bloggers who say that they only write reviews for books that rate 3 stars or above. That’s one way to keep up the ratings. However, not all of those bloggers agree to read your book so at the end you have less choices and a smaller audience for reaching out to potential customers. Other authors are okay with bloggers who say that they can rate their books at 1 stars and send their books. So if you get a 1 star review, bad reviews can get you customers as well. Some bad reviews even sell your book better than the good ones. Taking the easy route isn’t always the best for authors. Take time on making decisions, especially the ones with book marketing. 

At the beginning, I was an author who felt hurt over 2 stars and I cried. I admit it. But, I did learn from a book blogger that I needed to grow an extra skin to be in the world of authors and I’m not just talking about self-published authors. When a reviewer asked if I was okay with their 2 star review, I asked not to post it and they agreed. After a year passed, the same blogger read my 2nd edition and I received a 5 stars and I jumped for joy. Biased. I was totally biased. That was my second lesson. I should have accepted that two stars so I could boast later that my 2nd edition did improve. Those experiences didn’t allow customers to flock to my books and I lost that book blogger. The other book blogger, I can still contact because I learned about attitude. I think I mentioned before in my posts about being nice to book bloggers. It’s always true because book bloggers remember the good authors and the bad ones especially. Those experienced led me to a blogger who gave me a low rating but was willing to read my second book because I wasn’t scared of her criticism and accepted her review. Now, I’m not afraid of criticisms, bad reviews, and bad correspondences. That allows me to create new connections with other authors and book bloggers. Sure, I had to learn it the hard way, but hey we have to learn some lessons the hard way.

I got off the topic. How to get customers flocking towards your book?

I don’t know. All I can do is continue doing cover reveals, book tours, and reaching out to book bloggers. Maybe just maybe readers would get interested in my works and get them to return.

What I do know is that an author needs to keep writing and learning. Writing more books can get you readers who will return again and again to read you. At the end, that’s what matters – readers who would be dedicated to you. For that to work, one needs to continue writing and reaching out to the people who can help you and sometimes it means handing over free copies. In return you get reviews and gain new friends.

If you’re a successful author, how were you able to get customers flocking for more copies? What lessons did you learn along the way? Are you able to admit to them?

Until next time,

AK

Why do authors write? #amwriting #amreading #books #author

Is it because we’re good at it? Is it because we enjoy it?

Everyday, authors post about bookish things – well, the authors who blog anyway. We post about writing tips, about our own books, and about our author journey. Once in a while, we write about random stuff. But, that is blog posts.

Why do we write books?

I can’t talk for every author, but I can mention three things on why I write books – 

  • I’m not sure a 100% that I’m good at it, but I have stories inside my head that I want to share with the world and the best way to share is to publish. I can always write and share it with my friends, but according to them – all write and they don’t have time to read all of their friends works. Internet strangers become our best friends and even better if they review. Shameless plug -Please read my novels and leave reviews. I need to get past 20 reviews on each book!
  • I enjoy it. When I share my work with others, I become giddy and excited. I think up different scenarios in my head of their future reactions. Sometimes, it’s about good responses and sometimes it’s about the bad ones. Either way, I loved the responses from Lily on my latest book that is with my editor at the moment. The best thing about that feedback was that she read the raw, unedited version with a TON of mistakes! Love that girl.
  • Books are an endless pool of knowledge. Thanks to writing, I learned that my English is horrible! I accept it and that’s why some deity created editors and proofreaders. Thank the deity for those awesome people. I also learned about marketing techniques that actually help me bargain in other areas of my life.

If you’re an author, why do you write? Who are you thankful for, that helps you with your writing?

Until next time,

AK

Happily, by Chauncey Rogers @ChaunceyRogers @shanannigans81

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Book Title: Happily Happily Book Cover - Recommended

Book Author: Chauncey Rogers

Genre: Adventure, Fairytales, Humor, Juvenile Fiction

Publication Date: April 3rd, 2018

Source: Provided by the author

Rating: 5 Dragon Paws 5-paws

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If the shoe fits, wear it.

If it doesn’t, make it.

Laure is a street urchin just trying to get away. Where the rest of the world sees an enchanting love story, Laure sees royal incompetence and an opportunity to exploit it. She’ll have wealth and a way out of a life she detests., if she can only manage to hoodwink the royal family and live to tell the tale.

Happily on GoodReads

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Thank you Angelina! It’s wonderful to be here today.

I just wanted to do a quick post on where Happily came from. For those who received the very first Review Copies of Happily, they already know the story, as it was originally included in an introduction that I removed from the later editions.

For those who have read my previous novels, Happily may have been a bit of a surprise. I jumped from horror/thriller to a fairly light-hearted fairytale retelling. It is, I’m sure, not the greatest genre leap ever, but it was a bit of one.

The chief reason for the jump was my daughter, Ellie. When I had been working on my previous novel, Cleaving Souls, she would often ask me to read some of it to her. It wasn’t exactly age appropriate for a three-year-old girl, so I told her I’d read the next story to her. When she asked what it would be about, but I hadn’t decided yet. So I asked what I should write it about, and she quickly said, “Cinderella.”

I might have expected as much. Unfortunately, Cinderella is perhaps the most retold of all fairy tales. But I decided to think about it a bit and see what ideas floated to the surface.

The more I thought about Cinderella stories, the more I wanted to address some of the aspects that didn’t make sense to me, such as why the shoe didn’t fit, or why the prince couldn’t recognize the face of his true love and had to rely on a shoe-fitting contest.

I mixed those ideas with the thought that somebody ought to have tried—as in really tried—to dupe the prince. From those ideas, I got enough to start working on Happily. It took a while longer until I had the outline for a good story, but those were the essential pieces that I needed to address.

And as for Ellie, we actually just recently started reading the story to her. While I’m not sure how much of the plot she’s actually following, I am happy to at least say that she’s enjoying it.

Ellie Blog Post

Day 10 of 13 of Happily’s Release Blog Tour.

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I have to admit, it took a while for me to finish the book. Mainly because of the bandits. Yes, this book has bandits. But, overall, I would give this book 5 stars. The author did a terrific job of telling the story that was happening while Cinderella was choosing her pumpkin and dealing with fairy godmothers. It was a story that could possibly be true if Cinderella existed.

I loved Laure and Luc- they were a good match together and balanced each other out- especially when they were dealing with sticky situations. I loved the twists that were added about the royal family, especially Carl’s reason for not knowing more about Cinderella. It was perfect.

I would highly recommend this book to teens and older. It’s for those who believe into fairy tales, romance, adventure, witty characters, and characters who aren’t afraid to stay memorable in the eyes of royalty. If I say anymore, it would it give it away!

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Chauncey Rogers was born in Arizona, and since then has hopped back and forth between the mid-western and western United States. He married in 2012 while attending school in Utah. His favorite movie since he was three is Jurassic Park, and he wishes very badly that Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster were real, though he doesn’t believe in them as much as he used to.

You can follow him on his blog: Chauncey Rogers to see what else he has been up to.

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