Category Archives: promotion

You Want Me To Do What?

Posted on September 2, 2014 by veldabrotherton

Attend a ribbon cutting at Habitat for Humanity ReStore. Why would I do that? Because it’s for a company like no other I’ve ever been associated with. They wanted me and their other authors to be there when they officially … Continue reading →

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Drafting Two Books at Once

Posted on April 13, 2009 by veldabrotherton

Though I consistently write fiction, for some reason my nonfiction finds more success. And so it is that I’m working on two regional nonfiction books at once, I suppose. Even with six published historical romances under my belt, and four … Continue reading →

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A writer not a computer expert

Posted on March 23, 2009 by veldabrotherton

If I had two clones, perhaps I could learn to do all the things a writer needs to do to be an expert , but as it is it’s just me. And the older I get, the less of me … Continue reading →

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New Contract

Posted on November 17, 2008 by veldabrotherton

We’ve been home from San Antonio a couple of weeks now, and things are settling down. I’ve signed a contract with Old American Publishing for my book about the lost communities of the Boston Mountains in the Arkansas Ozarks. No … Continue reading →

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Blog Book Tour

Posted on July 14, 2008 by veldabrotherton

Sometimes referred to as a Virtual Book Tour, this handy promotional tool is a godsend for promoting online. It saves running around from town to town, bookstore to bookstore, guzzling gas and wearing down the most athletic author. True this … Continue reading →

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Preparing for a Virtual Book Tour

Posted on June 14, 2008 by veldabrotherton

It’s difficult to say when and where preparation began for my planned virtual book tour. I hope to kick it off in July, but there’s much still to do. One of the most helpful places I know of for beginning … Continue reading →

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