If you are a Haylee fan, you’ll discover a bit of the back story in this condensed author interview. You’ll also learn about the historical research – San Francisco and California Gold Rush – that went into the project.
Created to coincide with the release of Haylee and the Traveler’s Stone (paperback), the interview contains marketing and social media tips for authors. It also delves into character development, creativity and sources for Public Domain images.
The original, in-depth author interview can be read on the blog, You Read It Here First.
Interviewer:
Debbie McClure, author of In the Spirit of Love and In the Spirit of Forgiveness
You Read It Here First Blog owner—Christina Hamlett, Screenplay Consultant, Media Relations Expert and Award-Winning Author.
They were great! Those first Amazon reviews. They were from my advance copy readers – friends and family who got roped into helping with the book project. Then, like beautiful bubbles with rainbow reflections sailing skyward – they popped and disappeared.
My high tech hubby says, “You must have thanked too many people.” Our guess is that there is an auto-program in the inner workings of Amazon that zaps out reviews from people who were mentioned in the book.
No matter….if plan “A” doesn’t work out, there’s always another.
My marketing plan for Haylee is simple. If you like it, tell your friends.
Manuscript tweaking came to and end this week as the professional editing phase of the project began.
One week to stop thinking about the smart girl with big problems on her hands. One week to focus on finishing the interior art pieces and create five novella cover designs.
Sample art pieces that will be included in the Haylee e-novellas.
It was hard not to wonder what my editor was doing out in Minnesota, once she received the e-mail with the manuscript attached.
As the final completion of this monumental self-publishing undertaking gets closer, the free version of Haylee and the Traveler’s Stone [that contains all five novellas] is approaching its removal from public view. The last day to get it is June 30!
Here is what some of the advance readers had to say.
“Haylee [is] a complicated character. She pulled [at] me to keep turning pages to see if there would be redemption.” – Kamara Garcia, dōTERRA, Independent Product Consultant
“Haylee is about a girl who is undergoing … odd transformations in young adulthood. Some of these changes are frightening and cause [her] to question who / what she is. As ‘fate’ would have it [she is transported to California during the Gold Rush and ]meets two important figures [who help] her on her journey.” – Ashley Votaw, Nevada City Organic Farmer & Herbalist
‘Haylee is a fantasy adventure coming of age story with a touch of romance about a girl with unexpected power trying to find her place in the world.”
After reading the third book [Haylee: Burden of the Powerful] “Ohmygoshwhatisshegoingtodo?!?!?! What happens next!?”
– Megan Greene, Megan Greene Design
