Traveling for the Book
Tonight I am starting a new category for this blog. I am calling it Traveling for the Book. When one spends an inordinate number of hours alone, in a dark room, hacking away at a manuscript, it is only natural to daydream about what it will be like to actually sell your story and then go on a book tour to wonderful cities to meet like-minded readers.
Unfortunately, book tours, unless you are an established author or someone like, let’s say, Marcia Brady, are not a given. It is expensive to fly authors around and put them up in hotels if only a few dozen people show up to listen and buy a book. So the book tour is not actually panning out. They are sort of a thing of the past. However, I have been very lucky to find a supportive publisher (Guideposts Books) who has hired a great publicity firm (Phenix and Phenix) to help market Halfway to Each Other.
It is thrilling to have this sort of support, and I am doing my best to contribute to the process by writing articles for papers and magazines, calling in to be a guest on radio shows, and traveling when asked.
Brand new to the world of publishing and marketing, I am loving every minute of it and am learning more each day. My favorite parts have been unexpected. In these pages I hope to recapture some of the magic along the way.
So, this is my book tour. Thanks for stopping by.
Tags: book tour, Guidepost Books, Halfway to Each Other, Phenix and Phenix, Susan Pohlman
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February 15, 2010 1:36 pm
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By Windy Lynn Harris, January 11, 2010 @ 9:16 am
I look forward to hearing all about it, Susan! Thanks for sharing
By Diane Owens, February 20, 2010 @ 10:12 am
Oh Susan, Susan, Susan! We’re so lucky you’re not Marcia Brady. I would much rather read your amazing adventures of the Pohlman family in Italy and your book tour moments than hear another word about Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!