ARTICLES, ETC.

PR ARTICLES:

Self-promotion is an important part of an author’s job.  Thanks to my PR and marketing background, I enjoy presenting PR workshops and writing PR articles like these.

What's Your PR Personality?

PR Isn’t a 4-Letter Word

The PR Buddy System

Promoting Yourself Before “The Call”

GUEST BLOGS & OTHER CROSS-PROMOTION:

One of the most enjoyable and free author promotion venues is guest blogging.  Whether it's a one-author or multi-author blog, each has its own style and readership.  Here are a few of my forays into author cross-promotion.

Melissa Alvarez's blog

Shirley Jump's Eating My Words blog

Love is an Exploding Cigar blog

Pink Ladies blog

Author Apprentices – Dear Tracy column

Much Cheaper Than Therapy blog

Just Jenyfer blog

Ashley Ladd's Writing blog


One of my favorite freelance jobs is writing book reviews and pro-romance articles - many of them author profiles - for my local weekly newspaper. The following are a sampling of the articles, written under my maiden name and reprinted with permission from ThisWeek Newspaper.

AUTHOR PROFILES:

Leanne Banks, Harlequin HQN and Silhouette author

Becky Barker, Cerridwen Press and Silhouette author

Elizabeth Bevarly, Harlequin HQN and Blaze author

Dianne Castell, Kensington and Silhouette author

Jennifer Crusie, St. Martin's author

Lori Foster, Berkley and Kensington author

Laurie Grant, Harlequin Historicals and Leisure author

Karen Harper, Dell and Mira author

Sherrilyn Kenyon (aka Kinley MacGregor), Avon, Pocket and St. Martin's author

Catherine Mann, Harlequin HQN and Silhouette author

Erin McCarthy, Berkley and Kensington author

Susan Elizabeth Phillips, William Morrow author

Nora Roberts (aka J.D. Robb), Penguin Putnam and Silhouette author

Patricia Sargeant, Kensington author

Kay Stockham, Silhouette author

Justine Wittich, Avalon and Five Star author


BOOK REVIEWS:

Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie

Memory in Death by J.D. Robb


OTHER ARTICLES:

"Ohio Authors Among National Award Finalists"

"Romance 101: Novels Offer Tips To The Romantically Challenged"

The View From the Other Side

RT BOOKreviews – Mini-Crimefighters