Many authors see marketing as a bind. What are your
thoughts?
By Deidre Havrelock
I’m finding out just how tough marketing is. It’s a big
world, and finding your particular audience is an art that I have yet to
master. It is a bind. I have to do it, but I’m not sure exactly how to do it.
But the good thing is, I’m willing to try new things and I love this whole idea
of ‘virtual tours.’ They make so much sense and are fun! As far as marketing
goes, I have three blogs. My first blog is ‘theagentchallenge.blogspot.com.’ I
created this blog to journal my experience towards becoming published and also
to help out other writers who are sharing in that same rather difficult
journey. I started out with the simple plan of following the advice of agents
themselves in order to bag me my own wonderful agent. Along that journey, I met
many bloggers who had positive experiences publishing ebooks and so the idea of
publishing an ebook became glaringly obvious, and I dived in. I’m still looking
for an agent, however. Ebooks may be great for fiction and narrative
non-fiction, but I’m not totally convinced it’s the right avenue for straight
non-fiction (which is what my other book is). I guess, I’ll see.
My other blog ‘deidrehavrelock.wordpress.com’ is attached to
my website. It’s there just so I can connect with readers. I have a third blog
in the making; this one is attached to my conference website (which isn’t quite
ready yet). I created this blog to explore the topic of “the femininity of the
Holy Spirit.” I once read (in an agent’s book or blog somewhere) that you
should market a book at least three
years before it comes out, so since one of my books that I’m working to edit is
called The MotherHeart of God: Biblical
Evidence for the Femininity of the Holy Spirit, I thought it would be a
good idea to have a conference and start a blog. You can check out (and ‘like’)
the conference on Facebook, if you so desire…Wm. Paul Young (author of The Shack) has agreed to host the
conference. No one said marketing has to be boring!
Next, I’m looking at getting an audio book done.
About Saving Mary
Deidre Daily is drawn to anything seemingly spiritual, desperately seeking a spiritual existence. But inside this vibrant girl hides a terrified child who sincerely believes she has married the devil. Through a series of spiritual encounters her fear turns into reality, and she ends up possessed.
Deidre’s fascinating memoir relays her story from childhood to adolescence: invisible eyes leering at her from the corner of her bedroom, horrible nightmares tormenting her, and her desperate attempt to find God—only to end up possessed. It is a candid account of possession from a first-person perspective. This dark memoir brings to light an intricate world of deceitful spirits hell-bent on manipulating and damaging an innocent girl’s life, not only through her dreams, but also through seemingly every-day encounters.
Travel with Deidre into the mysterious world of spirits, ghosts and demons. Awaken yourself to a world that isn’t supposed to exist; a world that’s as intriguing as it is sinister. And then emerge as a new person—invigorated, aware and intent on living in the light. Saving Mary; Not just another story about a girl and her exorcist.
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