Moving right along, we’ve gotten a couple of versions of the promo posters that are going out to bookstores here in the area. One version has a color sat image with hurricane Rita bearing down on Texas, while the other is in black and white.
Also, the fantastic London Fashionista Vicki Day reviewed "Tormenta" on her blog , which receives over 9k hits a day. Of course she is raving about it. Vicki sat in while I was composing the story on my site, and followed along on the daily, sometimes twice a day entrees as this dark tale poured out of yours truly. Here’s hoping that all of her considerable contacts across the pond can sway buyers over this way (Hello, New York?)
I’ve no clue what the publisher is planning for promotion; I’ve not met with or spoken to my BA about all that. However, we’re moving right along with our own brand of spreading the word. The big task at hand now is getting word around the regional area and I’m pretty sure that’s where most of the work will begin. No one is talking about NOT going national, or international, should things swell to such ranks. However, the goal was to achieve 50k readers (people who bought and read a copy) in the greater areas of Houston/Galveston, Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin/Waco and San Antonio. With demographics of around 20 million in those areas alone, and with a story based and set in Texas, the rest ‘should’ be quite natural—so long as people know it’s out there…
Of course, all my old gang out in the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida are ordering like mad and I’ll be pretty busy the next few days signing copies to send back out to all of you—thanks for those orders, by the way. I’ll have to set up a signing out there, probably in February, but it’s still too early to set up dates yet. There’s no telling what this little story will do, but I’m hoping for the best anyhow.
More to come…
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