After Orangeberry’s Twitter Blast comes the #TwitterView, short for a Twitter interview. I’ve never done one before. But it’s not so hard — well, except for fitting in a complete reply between Twitter handles and hashtags. Hashtags are those snippets of text denoting an event or topic that start with the pound key symbol #.…
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Virtual Book Tour of She Begins!
In the old days, authors had to tour bookstores to meet readers. Today, in our connected globe, we tour blogs to meet readers, and we can all say hello from the comfort of our living room couches. I’ve participated in a couple. And on this day, I begin my first virtual book tour, set up…
One More Chance to Win Concussion Is Brain Injury
My first Goodreads Giveaway for my newest book Concussion Is Brain Injury was such a hit, I decided to hold another one! But enter it now — only a day and a half left for your chance to win a paperback copy!! Goodreads Book Giveaway Concussion Is Brain Injury by Shireen Jeejeebhoy Giveaway ends February…
An Interview and Giveaways
As I wrote earlier, I was interviewed by K8 on her blog. For two weeks in late January, K8 aka Froze8 of froze8.blogspot.com published daily interviews with authors. Genres covered include horror, young adult, super spuds (heh), steampunk — a variety to satisfy everyone. And there’s even at least one other Canadian interviewed! If you…
An Interviewing Event
I met K8 through BiblioCrunch. But I got to know her more through the Twitter #indiechat BiblioCrunch hosts every Tuesday night. One Tuesday, she asked for interviewee volunteers at the start of #indiechat. I put up my hand tout de suite. For two weeks, beginning last week, K8 aka Froze8 of froze8.blogspot.com is publishing daily…
Book Launch of Concussion Is Brain Injury
Organizing a book launch is not a feat for one person. There’s finding the venue – how large, how accessible is it, how easy to get to and park at are all questions to be considered; there’s the menu – simple and minimal is best as people are there for the book – I chose…
Read An E-Book Week Is Here And So Are Hot Deals On My E-Books!
March 4 to 10 is Read An E-Book Week! To celebrate, Smashwords is running a promotion all week, and I’m pleased to announce that I’ve enrolled all my ebooks in it. To participate as a reader, all you have to do is go to Smashwords, choose any or all of my ebooks, enter the appropriate…
New Gift for New Subscribers — Free!
It’s been awhile since Lifeliner came out, and I thought it was well past time to update the gift I send those who subscribe to my website using the form in the right sidebar. I pondered what to give for a few weeks. I wanted to give something unique and attractive, something I hadn’t done…
Announcement: Now Affiliated with Iguana Books
I’m pleased to announce that I’m now affiliated with Iguana Books and that they will be working with me on my next two novels. Writing is not so solitary! Greg Ioannou has been my editor since the day I walked into his Colborne Communications office with my in-progress manuscript for Lifeliner. This was in 1999,…