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Category: Marketing

Six Do’s and Four Don’ts in writing book blurbs

February 10, 2022 cheryl Leave a comment
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Writing book blurbs is hard. Ask any author pitching to agents on the traditional publishing route, and 99% will tell…

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Posted in: Marketing, self publishing, Writing tips Filed under: back cover blurbs, book blurbs, book description

A taster from Legend of The Winged Lion

January 31, 2022 cheryl 2 Comments
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An update! Legend of the Winged Lion, the prequel to Guardians of the Forest, is out now … so here’s…

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Posted in: For the readers among us, Marketing Filed under: Fantasy, Guardians of the Forest, kids books, MG, middle grade

Win Guardians of the Forest in the Indie Stars Bookshop

November 17, 2021 cheryl Leave a comment
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Yes, you can win Guardians of the Forest! The three books are among the prizes in our free Indie Stars…

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Posted in: For the readers among us, Marketing, News Filed under: children's books, Fantasy, Forest, gryphons, kids books, magic, MG, middle grade

The joy of reading to children

August 28, 2021 cheryl Leave a comment

First posted last summer, I was reminded of this when I recently visited a local school to read from Guardians.…

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Posted in: Marketing, News Filed under: children's books, Libraries, reading to children, Wild World Heroes

Widen your book’s distribution Part 2 Goodreads

November 17, 2020 cheryl Leave a comment

Ok, so Goodreads isn’t a publishing platform but it’s a huge marketing one, and as I can’t start uploading my…

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Six key take-aways for successful blogging – a year later

October 9, 2020 cheryl Leave a comment
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These six key take-aways for successful blogging came out of a Jane Friedman webinar I attended. I thought it would…

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Posted in: Marketing, self publishing, Writing tips Filed under: blogging, newsletter, research, target audience
  • About the author
  • Books
  • Newsletter
  • Blog posts for readers & writers
  • Guardians of the Forest
  • Historical Fiction
  • Bits of writing
  • Reviews of what I’m reading
  • Author guest spots
  • Sammy’s Walks
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