I was hoping by this time to do an in depth post on the “indie book biz” thing explaining to you (the reader, and probably a fellow author, because who isn’t these days?) exactly what has worked and what hasn’t on my road to bestsellerdom.
However, I do not appear to be on the road to bestsellerdom. I have not found the on ramp. I’m not sure where am I, maybe stuck in the mud somewhere in the swamps of Jersey. It’s foggy here, cold and dark.
I stalk the web sometimes looking for posts about Marie Duplessis in a desperate attempt to find my book’s “target audience.” Stalking is never a good thing, but at least I’m not going after my critics. My search hasn’t resulted in many new readers, but it has exposed me to some interesting blogs. One is Symbol Reader. Aside from the Jungian analysis of La Traviata, I was intrigued by a “non-Marie-related” post about a painting, The Anatomy of a Heart, by Enrique Simonet Lombardo.
Would you like this beautiful mug? (Ginormous cat not included). I am planning to give some of these gorgeous mugs to people who help me promote my book. Nothing untoward here. I am not talking about writing reviews in exchange for a mug or anything like that. I am saying, if you read Blood Diva and like it enough to take your mug to work where it will be seen by a 100 clients every day and you will tell them what a totally awesome book it is, I would send you a mug — especially if you live (Read more about how you can get this mug. Just click “read more” on your right.)
As long as their have been storytellers, artists and musicians, there have been muses to fire up their imaginations. The ancient Greek muses were goddesses, daughters of Zeus (the most powerful of the Greek pantheon) and Mnemosyne (memory personified). Artists of all kinds would pray for their guidance and blessings. (To read the rest of this post and see please click the green “read more” button on your right.)
The Hunger is probably best remembered for the sex scene between a smoking hot Catherine Denueve and radiant Susan Sarandan. Sarandan explained in an interview that they wanted her character to be drunk when seduced by Deneuve. Sarandan thought that was silly. Why would anyone need to be drunk to go to bed with Catherine Deneuve? (To read the rest of this vampy review, click the “read more” button on your right. Warning: Thar be spoilers ahead.)