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My 2017 Social Media Resolutions (that you can adopt too)
While we can’t do anything about some of the people we may lose, or the natural or even man-made disasters that may befall us in 2017. We CAN work TOGETHER to make social media and the internet better for us. We can reclaim the equalizing communication tool that it could be from the people who would use it to manipulate and misdirect us.
So, I would like to introduce some new year’s resolutions that I will be enacting or continuing. And invite you to try some of these too. They’re simple behaviors that we can all do to change the tone and quality of the flood of information we take in every day. If we can all agree to these, we can make social media a better place all around.
Cauldron Launch Live
On Thursday 12/8, I did a live stream on Facebook to celebrate the launch of Cauldron. I did some readings from both The River Maiden, and Cauldron as well as some spoiler free(ish) discussion of the new book.
IT'S HERE!
Cauldron is now available on for Kindle. The paperback should be available later this week.
If you can't make it to the book signing in Fredericksburg, VA on the 17th, you can always order a signed copy of Cauldron from my etsy store.
Cauldron Release Info
This is it! Book 2 is coming. Find out what Sarah and Dermot do next! Over the next three weeks there will be lots of fun happening on my Facebook page including some music, Pinterest, favorite quotes from The River Maiden and sneak peeks from Cauldron. So, if you haven't liked my page yet get on over there and join in the fun.
The Voyager Scene that I Can’t Wait For
Filming for season three of Outlander is underway and everyone is speculating on how the Outlander team will handle their favorite scenes. I know everyone is crazy excited for the print shop scene, Claire and Jamie’s first night together, Fergus and Marsaili’s wedding. I’m sure more than a few of you are looking forward to “turtle soup”. Those scenes are all fantastic. But the one downright salivating to see is one that some readers might even be dreading.
Tweeting Success: Life of the Party
Let's return to our virtual cocktail party that is Twitter in which you are looking to connect with readers. Now we've already talked about branching out and finding readers rather than just hanging with other writers. We've also spent a post identifying potential party fouls. So, this time I'd like to talk about how to engage effectively with readers on Twitter.
As I've mentioned before, you want to treat Twitter like a cocktail party. So, only talking about yourself all the time, is not a great way to build relationships. And make no mistake, relationships are what you want. Sure you can tweet out a link to your book, and you might even get someone to click on it. But you'll get far more traction by forming a relationship with a reader who will buy your next book when it comes out and recommend you to other readers. Relationships make FANS and fans act as street teams to spread the word when you release a new book, or have an event.
The Impostors
I know I'm frequently talking about Twitter, but this time, I wanted to give everyone a little PSA about Facebook. Odds are if you've been on Facebook for more than a month or so you've had this happen to you.
You get a friend request from someone that you could just swear you're already friends with. On the surface this account looks like your friend's. It's got his/her picture, and name, and might even have already roped in some mutual friends. Maybe even a couple of extra snapshots. But that's where the similarities end.