I promised you some tips and techniques for pitching your project to publishers, booksellers, potential customers, etc. And I will get to that\u00e2\u20ac\u201dperhaps tomorrow. This morning, however, I am quite joyfully distracted by something I discovered yesterday.<\/p>\n
I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve suggested that you do an Internet search using your own name occasionally to see what sort of publicity you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re getting and where. If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been doing any self- (or book) promotion at all, you may be surprised at what comes up. <\/p>\n
Well, yesterday, I decided to see what I could find out about blogs and their ratings. Of course, I was interested in my blog\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ratings amidst other writing\/publishing blogs. During the search, I discovered my name in places I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t expect. Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s what I found in a matter of only 20 minutes or so:<\/p>\n
1: Novelist Dwan Abrams published my article, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Missing Link in Publishing\u00e2\u20ac\u009d last year at her blog site. She said that the editor of Urban Christian <\/em>sent it to her.<\/p>\n 2: Loree Griffin Burns used her blog site to publicly thank me for helping her get her book published. She said it was what she learned in my online book proposal course that made the difference. Her book, Tracking Trash <\/em>was picked up by Houghton Mifflin, children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s division. Learn more about my online, on-demand courses at http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/courses.htm<\/a> <\/p>\n 3: The host of a blog site related to community spirit had taken my article on peaceful neighborhoods, presumably, from my website and reprinted it.<\/p>\n 4: Ruth Pealer mentions meeting me at the Central Coast Writers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Conference last year.<\/p>\n 5: Angela, over at Wow! Women on Writing, reproduced one of my articles in their blog.<\/p>\n 6: Christy Lawler reviewed my book The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book <\/em>in her blog.<\/p>\n 7: Angela Booth posted quotes from my blog on her blog.<\/p>\n 8: One blogger posted my response to an email question on her blog.<\/p>\n 9: Someone I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know recommends my blog on his blog site.<\/p>\n 10: One of my quotes from an article on relationships was posted at a bridal blog site.<\/p>\n