Monthly Archives: March 2012

They can only say ‘no’

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

Sometimes, you just have to ask in order to receive. Last week, I was on World Literary Cafe’s tweet team during Safe Harbor‘s KDP Select free days. When one of my fellow team members followed me on Twitter, I saw … Continue reading →

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Dark horse logs good test run

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

Safe Harbor didn’t catch up to Dracula and it didn’t made it into the top 100 in the Kindle Free Store in its two-day free Amazon promotion that ran until midnight yesterday. But it did see 1,118 free downloads on  … Continue reading →

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Safe Harbor puts the bite on Dracula

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

Why does an author give away her book? Yesterday, I offered readers the opportunity to download Safe Harbor from Amazon onto their Kindles, tablets, iPhones, PCs and laptops — free of charge. It was my chance to introduce readers to … Continue reading →

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Safe Harbor days!

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

Today and tomorrow, Safe Harbor is free! Click here to download the ebook from Amazon. You can read it on a Kindle, a tablet, a PC, a laptop and an iPhone. The paperback will be released on April 15.

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Tweethearts

Posted on March 16, 2012 by

Today I joined a writers’ tweet team, one of the latest ways of informing your circles about what’s hot and what’s not. I’ve heard that tweet teams can dramatically boost book sales because there’s great power in numbers. So I … Continue reading →

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My mini blog tour

Posted on March 15, 2012 by

I’m now on my very first blog tour. A short and sweet two-day getaway. What is a blog tour? In the past, writers who wanted to promote their books had to give book signings and readings at book stores and … Continue reading →

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Yes, there are good financial advisors. Great ones, too!

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

When Safe Harbor made its debut as an ebook yesterday, I spread the word to a number of people in the financial services industry. You see, when I’m not writing fiction, I work as a journalist. And much of my … Continue reading →

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