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"My radio interview was a fantastic success - now I'm looking forward to a booksigning opportunity
I hope Baggy approves of the post title - she should, they're her words! (edited slightly because her version was a little too long for TB)
The booksigning has been confirmed. It will be in the Fareham (Hampshire) branch of Waterstones on 7th July from 11.00 .
The publisher is providing posters for me to put up locally - any suggestions for suitable places? He suggests supermarkets, doctor surgeries and libraries, so I'll try all those. There will also be leaflets for me to hand out to people (eeek) and postcards and bookmarks to give away on the day.
I'm kind of looking forward to this ...
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community halls
public noticeboards (we have one in our village centre at the shops),
in places where there is a lot of traffic ie at the QMC hospital there is waiting area where one can wait for one's prescription and all sorts of notices go
up there
7th July is a Saturday I think
edited to say how about approaching book groups in your area with the info or the places where they congregate
also edited to say good luck :)
Yes, it's a Saturday.
I get the ferry to work and often see people reading - I'll give them leaflets (as they won't be able to escape me except by jumping overboard and maybe some will get into work and say 'a nutter on the ferry gave me this' and thereby spread the word)
I must google Fareham and see how far it is. I think it would be too far, but you never know!
Young Farmers groups- do they exist any more?
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Yes.
Carol, I'm on some kind of mailing list for local writing groups so I'll contact the person who sends stuff out and see if she'll be able to help.
Cafes and coffee shops are a good plan - we have a lot round here.
Good luck.
First of all, I said, 'Oops!' to you, Liz. I was trying to quote you about the stockings, but clicked 'Thanks' by mistake. I then commented that I would have preferred the hunk to the stockings!!
Then, PM, I was 'Wow-ing' at the poster, impressed at how professional and organised everything is and, finally, I hoped that you would sell trillions of copies!!!
Somewhere, in the midst of all that, the internet went off.
So, here goes again...
Liz - would you like us to call you Pippa?
I mean model(s) plural (sorry, just been ogling the hunk's bottom and forgot there was another person in the pic)
Fareham's not that far from me, but it's mainly motorways, so can't make it.
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No video clip, no. Do you think they help sales?
Dora, he gets the pictures from a stock library,rather than hiring models and a photographer. Then he adds the background and tweaks things to fit - eg the girl in the initial photo wasn't a redhead, but as my character is he changed that. She had bare, crossed legs and shoes. They weren't stood on grass ...
I don't think the guy in the jeans is hurting my sales!
Not to worrk, Baggy - hopefully we'll get to meet up another time.
Looking for romance...etc etc - you'd have to pay, but it wouldn't be that much.
You might find the paper pick up on the theme and turn it into an article.
BR gave me this link on another thread. It may be useful for contacting papers as per BB's comment above.
Baggy, I love that idea! Will have a think about it.
Couple of weeks later the tractor driver responds.
Couple of weeks after that you suggest meeting at Waterstone's...
I can see a movie...cameras...makeup...me and Dora covered in mud...
or better still ... covering each other in mmmmmmud :)
oh no, I forgot, Brian would be there, watching. Hmm. Need a rethink.
That idea about the serial lonely hearts ads IS good, BB. Havce you drafted out the short story that goes with it yet, PM? :)
Have you now a long To Do list, PM?
Have you now a long To Do list, PM?[/quote] Oh yes!
It's here in case you'd like to listen - http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/p00tjqrz My bit starts about 11 minutes in.