Getting the Word Out

Wade and I are still working on the paperback version of Black Coffee Fiction.  

Wade does the computer and design work.  He's the expert on working his way through the complexities of  getting our words out there.  He designed our blog ( http://blackcoffeefiction.blogspot.com ), our e-book at Amazon.com (click icon to the right) and now a paperback. 

Today, Wade sent me an attachment with the final step toward the paperback:  the cover.  On Wednesday of next week we meet to check over everything we've agreed on and place our order with Amazon.  In a couple of weeks we'll have a copy to proof, then we place our final order.  We should have our books in hand by the first week in November.  

That's good timing because on Wednesday, November 14, we will have our first book signing at Sissy's Treats and Treasures, a coffee shop/boutique here in Seymour.  

Now that Wade has done his job, it's time for me to do mine:  the publicity.  

First step: at Sissy's we will have a joint signing with Susan, whose newspaper columns are collected in a book and Colette, who wrote and illustrated a children's book.  Susan will write up the event in her column and Colette will design a poster. 

Today, I sent e-mails to local newspapers and radio stations asking for our event to be included in community calendars. Tomorrow, I'll do the same for television stations and any Internet blog I can think of.

Next to come: longer press releases that go to newspapers and media news organizations.  We'll use social media to the max. Each of us has been involved in critique groups.  We'll expect them to support us. We will notify our friends and relatives and ask them to join us. 

We'll be doing another book signing in Appleton soon after at the Copper Rock North, the coffee shop where we began our odyssey.  We expect to do others, too. 

Our goal continues to be the same:  to send our words out to the world.  

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We are not done with our Black Coffee Fiction blog either.  This month, we're writing ghost and Halloween stories, starting with Bettyann Moore who is introducing another one of her characters, an Appalachian moonshiner called Potter. Check him out at http://blackcoffeefiction.blogspot.com