Ask the Author: Kate Spofford
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Kate Spofford
The dreamwalking in Wolf Point doesn't seem to be dreampunk, it's more of a special ability one of the werewolves has that allows her to influence other people's dreams.
Kate Spofford
All of my books are available as ebooks! Amazon has all of them (and Hitchhikers is perma-free on Amazon), and Smashwords has the Wolf Point series (you'll find Hitchhikers and a couple of the prequel novellas free there as well).
I also have a bunch of books available to read for free on Wattpad! My username there is spoffyumi.
I also have a bunch of books available to read for free on Wattpad! My username there is spoffyumi.
Kate Spofford
Writing can sometimes be hard! Usually the beginning of a story is easy. The middle can get really hard, and for me the ending is usually easier than the middle. And after writing a story, the editing is hard too! But I like creating new worlds and stories, so even though it's hard, it's fun too. Plus, at the end, you have a book!
Kate Spofford
At the risk of sounding old-fashioned, my favorite fictional couple would have to be Beatrice and Benedick from Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing." I just love how they constantly insult each other but also enjoy each other's insults!
Kate Spofford
First off, congrats on the book!
I'm probably not the best person to answer this as I'm not very good about self-promotion. But here are my tips:
- You should definitely have a website that you keep updated (and yes, I'm bad at that as well, and currently my website is broken...). You will want to have a place where you can announce upcoming books and have bonus content.
- Make sure you have claimed your author pages on Amazon & Goodreads. If you have a website that is also a blog, you can feed your blog posts to both places to better promote.
- Goodreads giveaway (if you have a print book to give away)
- Free promotions - Running a free promotion will get people to download your book. I tend to get more downloads when I promote it on my blog, but I still get quite a few even when I'm lazy about promoting.
- This site: http://authormarketingclub.com/member... has a big list of places where you can advertise your ebook if you are running a free promotion. Many are free, some are not.
- There are tons of review groups on Goodreads where you can offer free copies (usually digital copies) to readers who will then review your books. I have received a lot of great, honest reviews for my books this way. Some of the groups require also being a reviewer which I have done as well.
That's about all the promoting tips I have actually done myself with degrees of success... Good luck with your book!
I'm probably not the best person to answer this as I'm not very good about self-promotion. But here are my tips:
- You should definitely have a website that you keep updated (and yes, I'm bad at that as well, and currently my website is broken...). You will want to have a place where you can announce upcoming books and have bonus content.
- Make sure you have claimed your author pages on Amazon & Goodreads. If you have a website that is also a blog, you can feed your blog posts to both places to better promote.
- Goodreads giveaway (if you have a print book to give away)
- Free promotions - Running a free promotion will get people to download your book. I tend to get more downloads when I promote it on my blog, but I still get quite a few even when I'm lazy about promoting.
- This site: http://authormarketingclub.com/member... has a big list of places where you can advertise your ebook if you are running a free promotion. Many are free, some are not.
- There are tons of review groups on Goodreads where you can offer free copies (usually digital copies) to readers who will then review your books. I have received a lot of great, honest reviews for my books this way. Some of the groups require also being a reviewer which I have done as well.
That's about all the promoting tips I have actually done myself with degrees of success... Good luck with your book!
Kate Spofford
I haven't finished writing it yet... There's so much historical information and I got out of the mindset I had when I first started writing it, but I do plan to finish it at some point... Currently the project is at about 40,000 words and it's only about halfway done.
Kate Spofford
Hi! I blame Cirque du Soleil, I started watching their DVDs somewhat randomly, and became obsessed. And then I saw a live show, and discovered from a friend that there was a local place where I could take flying trapeze and aerial silks classes, and it's all been downhill from there...
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