Unexpected snafus when marketing your book
Click on book for more info I love promoting my Beyond books – in person (alone or with other authors) or on social media. Sure, it is a lot of work but it can get very creative. However, one thing,...
View ArticleThe perils and joys of book marketing
I love marketing my Beyond mystery books. I learn so much from all that I do and meet so many interesting people – other mystery writers, readers, librarians and booksellers. But lately I’ve been...
View ArticleBeyond Faith on the PR road again
The latest Beyond mystery. Beyond Faith continues in person appearances – the next one is with my writing colleague, Michael Robert Dyet. Our books were published by the same publisher (Blue Denim...
View ArticleMuskie and Murder engages audience
Michael and Sharon – Muskie and Murder presentation June 27. Shane Joseph photo. Muskie and Murder with Michael Robert Dyet (Muskie) and me, Sharon A. Crawford (Murder) made its debut presentation last...
View ArticlePutting your writing out there – whatever way
sharon at CWC Arthur Ellis short list Marilyn Kay photo We. all have to start somewhere to get our writing out there – first for publishing and then to promote the published work. Both can involve some...
View ArticleBook promo in person with a twist May 29
. Previously I blogged about using videos to get the word out about your book(s). Now, I’m going to talk about old school – well, only in the sense that it is an in-person presentation. But it is...
View ArticleRevisions in Life and in Writing
Beyond Book No. 1 – the short story collection “Half my life is an act of revision” – John Irving. Most of us writers are familiar with doing many revisions of their short story, their poem, their...
View ArticleReturn to blogging with a new book
“Your dad has cancer.” That’s the beginning of my new book. And it has arrived. If some of you thought I had dropped off the face of the earth, I can’t really blame you. It has been a couple of months,...
View ArticleBook Promo in Pandemic Times
I’m finding it both interesting and challenging marketing my new book The Enemies Within Us – a Memoir. We live in uncertain and unsettled times with this COVID-19 business. Not only do we worry about...
View ArticleBehind writing a memoir
Writing a memoir involves a lot more than just telling your story. You have to be truthful and information-correctas this is not fiction. And in today’s political correctness world (and a few other...
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