I continue to wade into the waters of self-promotion while my publisher reviews my manuscript to determine how much work needs to be done on it. This week I designed a sixteen by twenty poster for the upcoming book signing at the Farmington Public Library. Even though I don’t have a book to sign, I’m still going with the poster, a blow up of my business card, business cards and trading cards to drum up interest for my forthcoming book. It’s exciting to do, but I believe it would be more enjoyable having an editor and working on the manuscript instead of patiently waiting.
This summer I’ll be helping my niece rewrite her chapter book. She’s ten and has a good idea for a story. The first thing I’m doing is helping her with her character names. She has several that are very similar. The best way to do this is through a character sheet. If you can’t answer every question on a character sheet, you don’t know your character all that well. Granted, your secondary and extremely minor characters do not need the level of detail as your main character, but it’s always good practice to know everything you can about your characters. This way, when they take over the story, you’ll know why.
Lastly, as an FYI, I still have a lot of earthworms to move. (See my Facebook post about National Earthworm Moving Day from a few weeks ago.) If you need dirt, good clean, rock-free dirt, and want to fulfill the lifelong dreams of country earthworms, be a part of National Earthworm Moving Day. You’ll be happy in moving the earthworms, and their habitat, from my yard to yours.
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What I’m Reading – Many readers I know like to inquire what their favorite author is reading. At the end of each blog post, I’ll let you know what I’m reading. I may not be a published author yet, but I hope my choice of reading material inspires you to read. I’m now reading Kathleen O’Neil Gear and W. Michael Gear’s Sun Born. I encourage you to read a variety of topics.