THE CHARGE IS ON
By Randy Rawls
Man the chariots,
break out the bugles, wave the flags, put on your flip-flops (or hip boots),
the campaign has begun. On my last posting, I announced I had hired PJ Nunn to
build a promotion program for HOT ROCKS, my Beth Bowman mystery. Well,
she charged into the fray and my first radio interview was today, a station in
Colorado. What does Colorado have to do with a South Florida female PI mystery?
I hope a lot. One of the reasons I changed my setting to South Florida was I
was assured everyone loves S FL. We shall see. Anyway, the interview was
recorded and will run this week, hopefully, today, May 2nd. The site
is www.1047kingfm.com/users/jacob-reyes
if you're interested. Jacob, the interviewer, was excellent.
Patty didn't stop
there. I have two more radio interviews next week and some personal appearances
when I hit Texas in July. So far, it's looking good for HOT ROCKS, and she's
still working. Will it pay off? I don't know, but I had to try.
Speaking of HOT ROCKS, I received a pleasant
surprise a few days ago. Hardcopy versions of the large print edition arrived
at my front door. Midnight Ink sold the large print rights to Thorndike Press.
It's kinda pricey, but it's out there. Does anyone know if selling rights
impacts the advance recovery by the original publisher?
The second
in my Beth Bowman series, BEST DEFENSE,
is just around the corner. It is up on Amazon with an announced released date
of November 8, 2013. Check it out and let me know what you think. If having
BreakThrough Promotions on my team works for HOT ROCKS, I may contract them for the new one. A shame to have to
spend so much to make so little, but I'm not a promotion whiz as some of you
are.
It's a strange
business we're in.
