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MARCH 3/21/18 Meeting

Great workshop Wednesday 3/21 regarding marketing your work. COME AND JOIN THE FUN ....

SPEAKER: ROSEMARY THOMPSON IS THE SPEAKER-Review of previous months speaker, Jeri Westerson. Important elements extracted for discussion.

BOOK COVER – look professional Don’t save money on the book cover. Express what’s in the book. The book cover is very important because people judge the book by its cover. 2 Good Graphic artists: --Seth Paulson sethpaulson@ymail.com. Check his website https://www.behance.net/sethpaulson --Paul Iseri: pauliseri05@gmail.com Cover information includes backmatter- all about author and blurb about your story. Cover should represent what’s inside. And, even if you self publish, you should make yourself a logo. The cleaner you keep the cover the better it is.Laurie be aware of graphic artist who use the same cover of another book. Kent said 10% of males are color blind. If you have a red lettering on a blue background, a lot of people won’t be able to see the lettering. You would want to have a light lettering on a dark background or visa versa.Remember the book spine
BOOK REVIEWS -JERI recommended book reviews. And, that to ask the top four newspapers, magazines and weekly library journals to do a book review on your book. Discuss a list to generate together.Library Journals- Library Weekly – they want the book two months before it’s published -Blue Ink who have fee: about $350.The New York Times and The Washington Post are two of the four top newspapers.
BLOGS –Review blogs similar to your genre – make comments-be a guest ...Takes time to review blogs Don’t want to waste a lot of time on blogs that doesn’t have a lot of hits.Social Media - twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and Facebook, you can combine by using Hoot suite. Use hashtags. There are websites that give you the top latest hashtags being used.Posting pre-work - sit down one day and pick out handful of topics. Plan a month in advance, then each day just cut and paste.Follow various famous authors – post comments on their sites.PUBLICIST –can be expensive. If use – don’t let them do the work you do.
AUTHOR/LANDING PAGE. There’s a lot on those author page that you can add that is valuable- for example reviews from another source
PERSONAL BRANDING MANAGEMENT – it’s what you are all about. Like Kaiser and their Thrive campaign. Know your audience and trying utilize everything.
SOCIAL MEDIA - Twitter. Pinterest. Facebook. Bloggers are starting to do Medium instead of Blogging. It’s like an instagram for writing. Ge to know and nurture the relationships with authors& fans. Get followers on social media - people want to interact with you on a human level. They don’t want you to sell them something. When Lauries dog got sick her followers raised $4,000 to help. I didn’t expect it! I just posted that my dog was in a coma. Next thing I know there were thousands of people all over the world raising money and praying for my dog. This is on a human level. And, I think they are buying my book.

SISTERS-IN-CRIME MEETING / MARCH 21, 2018

THE MAKIKI COMMUNITY LIBRARY will be closing in June. We have to find a different location to meet. We will meet here in April. Laurie will check into Temple Emanuel and Rosemary will check with St Andrews.
SINC NATIONAL - We are not two separate entities – Sisters-in-Crime Hawaii and Sisters-in-Crime National. To be a member in Sister in Crime Hawaii, you must pay the National Dues as well – for 2018 they are due by end of March. We are required return the $10 back to anyone who doesn’t pay the National dues.
SINC NEWSLETTER- We would like to submit an article for the quarterly newsletter, with National. The Newsletter comes every three months. If you have an idea what to put in the newsletter, e-mail Vicki.
MAKIKI EASTER EGG HUNT - The 10th Annual Makiki Easter Egg Hunt, Book Sale and Community Food Drive is from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, March 24, at the Makiki District Park.
LIONEL SHRIVER – article is about sensitivity reading. It’s real interesting, and I can send you the link for it if you want to read it. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/feb/22/lionel-shriver-says-politically-correct-censorship-is-damaging-fiction?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
HAWAII BOOK & MUSIC FESTIVAL. Reservations for this year are $700, which will include two large tables. Waiting on National to improve the $300 grant. Vicki said we may have to pay $30-$35 each but will try not to. The two-day event will be from May 5-6 on the Frank F. Fasi Civic Center grounds in Honolulu.
L.A. FESTIVAL - April 22 at L.A. Sisters-in-Crime National has a booth at the festival and for no charge you can be at the booth for book signing. Rosemary reported that it is a fantastic festival. She went every year for 10 years Go to the National page website and sign up there. Not too sure if there’s any cost to the festival, but you have a one or two hour slot at their table for book signing. http://www.sistersincrime.org/?page=BoothRequestFormLA If you have any questions, please contact the organizers - Michael Kelly atmkelly55555@gmail.com or Avril Adams at avriladams@gmail.com.
GUPPY SCHOLARSHIP - Jeri Westerson told us how beneficial it was to join the Guppies.
SHAMUS AWARD. Write about a PI that’s gets paid for his work but not by a government agency or police department. The awards they are submitting for are best hardcover P.I. Novel, best first P.I. Novel, best original paperback P.I. Novel and best P.I. short story. You have to put in your submission by the 31st of this month, March.
THE ANATOMY OF THE STORY – Reminder-- by John Truby. He will be at the Ala Moana Hotel on May 18-20. If you go in and you want to sign up, and you put in the code you can get a $45 discount to the event. The website is writerscoloringbook.com.
THANK YOU DENNIS for sharing all the interesting opportunities available for us to attend