tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13024760.post9123435710551159680..comments2023-10-04T06:21:04.949-07:00Comments on Writing into the Sunset: A Fan!Paty Jagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03257614436422105729noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13024760.post-55218854236121277052007-07-11T16:40:00.000-07:002007-07-11T16:40:00.000-07:00Thanks Danita and Piper. I've now signed up for so...Thanks Danita and Piper. I've now signed up for some newsletters from some authors I like and hope to glean info on what I want to put in one and how I want it to look. Don't know if I'll have it ready before Perfectly Good Nanny is released in e-book, but I should make it by the time Outlaw in Petticoats is released in e-book.Paty Jagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03257614436422105729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13024760.post-81097678808585684202007-07-11T13:51:00.000-07:002007-07-11T13:51:00.000-07:00BTW...Big congrats on the New York fan! That's jus...BTW...<BR/><BR/>Big congrats on the New York fan! That's just soooo awesome!yvAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13024760.post-56967831400325043482007-07-11T11:38:00.000-07:002007-07-11T11:38:00.000-07:00I love to read your blog, but it's because I know ...I love to read your blog, but it's because I know you personally. I don't go read my favorite author's blogs. I tried, and I didn't like it.<BR/><BR/>A newsletter is a great idea and I always read the newsletters that my favorite authors send. They only come out about twice a year because they send them just before their books come out. I get them from Galen Foley, Julia Quinn, Eloisa James and Christina Dodd. I always read them and I click on the links they give to check out the other stuff on their websites and read their excerpts from their new books.<BR/><BR/>Newsletters are really fun. They often include a few personal things about the author's life as well as what's going on with their writing.<BR/><BR/>It's going to be a lot of work to get the first one drafted and all the bugs worked out, but in the end I think you'll get great response by putting yourself out there to your fans in such a personal way.<BR/><BR/>Good luck! And sign me up for your first newsletter! LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13024760.post-21485739403788685692007-07-11T10:57:00.000-07:002007-07-11T10:57:00.000-07:00I think newsletters are a great idea for writers t...I think newsletters are a great idea for writers to do. I signed up for hard copies of Janet Evanovich's. She doesn't send one very often, just before a book is due to come out. You could do the same. It jogs people's memories into picking up your book.<BR/><BR/>I owned and operated a greenhouse/nursery business for 12 years. I tried all sorts of advertising, but the most effective was sending out postcards 3 or 4 times a year. I ran specials and printed them, but I think the key to the effectiveness was the personal touch: I hand addressed them (or had an employee hand address them) It was old-fashioned, and time consuming, but personal feeling. I had many people come to the nursery with the colorful card gripped in their hand, and thank me for the "invitation". <BR/><BR/>The nursery was only opened spring-summer. I had customers tell me they'd wait to receive a postcard each spring, then come in to shop for their flowers.Danita Cahillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00710061454207476382noreply@blogger.com