Immortal
A new review, a contest winner, an open contest
A new review There is a new review of Immortal in the world today, over at Tracey Baptiste‘s site, Knitting With Pencils. Tracey loved the book and seems to be throwing her hat into the cover art ring as well. A contest winner I am also remiss in joining in the applause for winner Reginald Golding over…
Read MoreCover revisited: crowdsourcing a design
Opinions vary All right, so following up on the cover proof posted earlier today, here are some thoughts: — the original cover IS lovely. But it doesn’t “pop.” What that means, according to @DavidRozansky (who you should all follow): “Try brighter colors, commuters in motion, speeding train coming towards viewer, vivid title font. ‘Popping’ means…
Read MoreNew cover draft: opinions needed
A redesign A new cover of Immortal is in the works! Why? Because for whatever reason, interested persons– meaning distributors– have said the existing cover doesn’t “pop”. What does this mean? I have no idea. But now we’re looking into a design that will be more eye-catching, and we need your help. Below is a draft…
Read MoreWelcome to the end of the 2011 Immortal blog tour!
So what is a blog tour, again? As I am known to do from time to time, in early March I was hanging out on Twitter and lamenting the difficulties I was having in promoting Immortal. It’s not a simple thing, this self-promotion stuff. Simple example: perhaps more than any other social network, Twitter is…
Read MoreBlog tour interview at Wired.com's GeekDad
Adam interviews me Some sort of madness struck me when putting together this blog tour. I offered all of the participants plenty of different angles to explore, including: interviewing me; interviewing Adam; interviewing me AND Adam; me interviewing Adam; Adam interviewing me. Only one person took up the offer for Adam interviewing me, and thank…
Read MoreBlog tour excerpt by Sue London's… vampire hunter
A new excerpt For today’s tour writer Sue London checks in again. Or rather, one of her characters do. Read a vampire hunter’s thoughts on Immortal here.
Read MoreBlog tour interview with Adam at Zee Monodee's Author's Corner
Adam gives another interview Adam is becoming more popular than I am, which is fine with me; I don’t have to do anything when he’s giving interviews instead of me. Today’s interview is with Zee Monodee, who reviewed the book last week. Read the interview here.
Read MoreBlog tour contest with Angela Perry
Something different Today’s tour stop is with Angela Perry, who is running a CONTEST. Read about a chance to win a signed copy of Immortal right here.
Read MoreBlog tour interview from Madison Woods
Eleven Questions Today’s treat is a new interview with me over at the website of writer Madison Woods. Take a look at Eleven Questions here.
Read MoreBlog tour interview with Adam at Books on the Verge
Adam is very popular We begin our final leg (!) of the Immortal blog tour with a new interview with Adam from Dorothy Distefano, one of my favorite people and someone you might know from Twitter as @WotV (or @WotV_) Take a look at the interview at her new site, Books on the Verge.
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