Marilyn's Musings

If you go to this page, you can click on the video for Invisible Path. http://fictionforyou.com/Invisible_Path.shtml I really enjoy all these book videos. I hope you do too. A big part of the plot is about a young man who has just graduated from a rehab program on the reservation being falsely accused of murder. There is a rehab program like this one on the reservation near our home. There has never been a murder near there that I know of. It's another one of those "What if?" moments. And as for the paramilitary group, I used to see Jeeps and trucks that looked like they belonged to the Army heading up the highway to the mountains--hubby said they weren't official and probably belonged to some idiots (his word) that were playing pretend military. In this book, they are up to no good. Marilyn

For the entire month of October, excluding weekends, I visited other people's blogs and either answered interview questions, wrote information about my latest book, Dispel the Mist , answered questions for my heroine, Deputy Tempe Crabtree, or gave writing or promotion advice. On some blogs, the host read and reviewed the book. Though it's a lot of fun, it takes time. Writing everything and trying to make it unique for each blog take some work. On the day the blog appears, I visited and left a comment. I checked out the blog a few more times in case someone asked a question that I needed to answer. To make sure at least a few folks visited each blog, I promoted on Facebook, Twitter, and every list that I was on--that meant every day. Two of the best things about the tour are how nice people are when you are visiting their blog and the great comments people made. I also had a wonderful book trailer made for this tour http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmZhaJgHUx0 Now, it's time ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_du3UtWAYXw is the new video for No Sanctuary--it's a good one. Epicon was great as usual. The MonteLago Village was absolutely elegant. It looks like an Italian village on a hillside overlooking Lake Las Vegas. Always great to see old friends and make new ones. As usual, we learned a lot--especially about promotion. I'm exhausted--but happy. Also got to see my sister while in Vegas and we had a great time together, as usual. Until later. Marilyn

Here's a new book trailer for Kindred Spirits. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3e9JoREt_M It's really a lot of work to promote a book. Blogging is great, but you must keep putting new content onto your blog to keep it interesting so people will want to come back. It's also important to post on the listserves that you belong to, so people remember you and your book. I've sent a lot of books off to folks for review and so far have only received three reviews. Two were wonderful, one was okay. The okay one kind of gives away the end, and also let me know that the reviewer doesn't understand that there are different kinds of mysteries, some are not puzzles, some the detective or sleuth knows or suspects who the murderer is but has to find a way to prove it--more or less what happens in Kindred Spirits. My calendar is full of book signings, book and craft fairs, in fact, something is happening every weekend except for Thanksgiving weekend and including the first weekend ...