Writing...Just because!

The launch week activity has wrapped up and we're taking a breather before continuing with the virtual tour so I thought I'd take the opportunity and use this post to share with you some of the free book listing websites I've found and successfully posted on (some accept only ebooks and some are for print). Here are a few you might like to add to your own book marketing strategy: Authors Den "Where authors and readers come together." Author Marketing Club "Join thousands of authors who want to promote their books. Free book marketing resources and tools." Book Hitch "A search engine for books." Book Matchers "Tell us what you like and we'll match you with a book." Booksie "Publish. Read. Get Read." Good Kindles "Where writers meet readers." Good Reads (of course)! "Meet your next favorite book." Library Thing "A Home for your books." There are hundreds more and...

It was a busy launch week for Deep Deceit. I'm thrilled to report that on the second day of the Kindle give away, it landed on the Top 10 Amazon Best Seller List on Amazon.ca for mystery and suspense!   The tour cranked up and if you missed any of the stops, here's a re-cap of where we've been so far: Book Readers Heaven  - kicked off the tour on March 8th. Thank you Glenda Bixler for your launch day review. If you like to peruse reviews to find your next good read, definitely put this blog on your favorites list! She's started to review poetry too :) Arabian Tales and Other Amazing Adventures  - March 10th It's always a pleasure to visit this blog by travel writer and blogger, Katie Foster. Stop by and see what she has to say about Deep Deceit and hang out for a while and get lost in her adventures. Retired? No one told me! - March 11 A quick plug from friend and fellow Phuket Writer, Carol Taylor. More to come! Morgen Bailey's Writing Blog  - ...

I'm totally excited, relieved, nervous, thrilled... and any other adjective you can come up with to describe how it feels when launching a new book! Deep Deceit is finally available on Amazon in both print and Kindle and I'm heading out on tour to spread the word. I'd like to thank all the bloggers who have agreed to participate in my Virtual Book Tour and encourage you to visit their blogs not only on the day they join the tour but make sure you go back and visit regularly! Here is the line-up of blogs I'll be visiting and featured on with interviews, reviews or guest posts. As the posts are live, I'll update the links here to go directly to the post. I look forward to interacting with everyone at all the stops! Book Readers Heaven  - kicks off the tour on March 8th! Arabian Tales and Other Amazing Adventures, March 10th Retired? No one told me!, March 11 Morgen Bailey's Writing Blog - March 12 Ask David - March 14 The Written Chakra - March 15 ...