Who’s going to wear a charm with naked guy chests and my name. I have bigger charms that could hold a teeny, tiny copy of the cover of the book, but that seems sort of pretentious. Would it really remind someone of my book or would people think I play the french horn or something. But people might think it’s weird and who wants a stupid necklace anyway. So, beside giving copies of books away, I thought about other things…like since Echoes of Us is about music, I could send out a necklace with a charm to winners of some sort of contest. That gets mentioned a lot, which goes back to the fact I haven’t designed a logo yet. It’s a swell thing, but I don’t know how to do it. That really doesn’t work if you’re trying to get the word out about your new book.Īnother thing a lot of experienced authors talk about is give-aways. I’m more the I’ll hide behind this giant potted plant until lightning strikes and I’m forced to move sort of person.

I’m not the sort who can walk up to a stranger and start up a conversation. Well, I’m the new kid who just showed up and doesn’t have a clue what to do. A lot of writer’s go on virtual tours (blog tours) before and during the release of a new book. Now I know why a lot of writers enjoy having an agent. It’s so obvious I’ve gone off the deep end. Let’s go inside my brain for a few minutes and I’ll let you be the judge. And yes, I also have a degree in Graphic Design. I think it’s because I’m trying to put together all this promotion junk for the release of my upcoming book Echoes of Us.Clearly I need to contact my alma mater and tell them my degree in Advertising seems to be useless. I also had to write a biography in the third person about me. All I do is rewrite the beginning over and over and over and over. It’s that time again…I must write another post…I guess it’s better than trying to move forward in a new story I’m working on.

Echoes of Us by Teegan Loy