What marketing methods
are you using to promote your book? I am using as many methods as I can. I am
learning as I go, speaking to cancer support groups, women’s clubs and by
selling word of mouth. I also have had some success promoting and selling through
my facebook book page. I’ve talked on radio and tv guest spots, and will do
others. I am finding that book signings
for a limited audience such as my book topic do not work well. Doing events
that include a number of authors is something I am trying alongside a group of
friends and local businesses.
Who are your favourite
authors? Terri
Blackstock, Davis Bunn, Francine Rivers, Brandilyn Collins, Angela Hunt to name
a few.
What advice do you
have for other writers? Take advantage of every moment you are inspired to jot something down.
Keep a notepad and pen with you always. Write whenever the mood strikes, and
don’t lose the moment or the words.
What's the best thing
about being a writer? Words expand the world around you
in so many, amazing ways. Love is brighter, creation is sharper, God is closer.
The negatives and unfairness in the world can be righted, or they can be
brought in closer for examination.
Where can people find out more about
you and your writing? www.facebook.com/ABbookshadow and at my blog: www.hisxshadow.wordpress.com They
can obtain my book directly through me at these locations. E mail me.
Why
do you think readers are going to enjoy your book? I am hearing that the
book is quick to read but meaningful. It
connects with other survivors because hearing that others have gone through a
similar trial or journey is helpful and enriching. Other survivors are praising it for its
references to scripture and my faith in God that have been a means to
re-examine their own faith.
What is your
work in progress? Tell us about it. I am writing a sequel to this first book,
called “Next Mornings”. It is a collection of stories based on God’s mercy and
tools for continuing survival in any circumstances. It also includes selections
written by members of my facebook support group called A Band of Strong Women.
It is a private group, but any survivor may request membership. I am also finishing up a yearly calendar of
devotionals and exercises for writers and artists, and compiling an
autobiography for my mother.
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| April Boyer |
Who or what inspired
you to become a writer? Writing letters home about our rural life and the nature surrounding us
played a big part in my launch into writing. A deaf, nearly blind elderly lady I cared for
several years inspired me to write. She was unable to communicate with me in
any other way, so I described in writing what was happening in her neighborhood
and in the back yard as she requested.
She was very dear to me. Favorite
fiction writers such as Terri Blackstock and Davis Bunn inspire me, as well as
a favorite uncle who was a theologian, preacher and dynamic speaker.
