Carol D. Marsh · Author · added over 8 years ago

Good morning, reader friends!

Inkshares is shipping the books this week, so you should have your copies of "Nowhere Else I Want to Be: A Memoir" by December 23.

I’m hoping that, after you read the book, you’ll be willing to help me with promotion. I have chronic migraine disease and so cannot do the usual author book tour. I would greatly appreciate it if you would help get the word out.

EASY-PEASY TIPS for promoting "Nowhere Else I Want to Be: A Memoir"

1. Read the book.

2. FACEBOOK posts

* Write a sentence or two about what you liked about the book, or quote from the back cover or inside-page reviews.

* Include this link to the Amazon page.
* Tag friends by name in the comment section (i.e., Carol Marsh, you’ll really like this book!). That will get the post more views.

3. TWITTER

* Craft a hook (a phrase that creates interest and/or emotion), such as: "A powerful memoir about a world few of us ever see." - OR - "Vivid storytelling - I couldn’t put it down."
* Include a shortened link to the Amazon page.

4. PINTEREST

* Choose from these IDEAS for book review templates.
* Include this link to the Amazon page.

5. WRITE A REVIEW ON AMAZON (on or after January 10)

* Tips for how to submit an Amazon review:

Go to the product detail page for the item on Amazon.com.
Click Write a customer review in the Customer Reviews section.
Click Submit.
READ this article about writing an Amazon book review.

6. WRITE A REVIEW ON GOODREADS

* Read these tips:

Please note that you have to be a Goodreads member.

1) Navigate to the book’s page.

2) Underneath the book’s profile picture on the top left, rate the book using the stars.

3) The "want to read" button will automatically be replaced with a "write a review" link. Click that link.

4) Write your review in the review box that will appear and save.

7. WRITE A REVIEW ON YOUR BLOG

8. HOST A VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK

* Email me (carol@caroldmarsh.com) and I’ll arrange a skype or other kind of virtual author talk for your book group, church group, local library or book store, etc.

I’ll send this list again in January.

Have a great holiday.

Carol

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p.s. I have started an on-line school for the support and encouragement of people in service to others. Have a look HERE at Forum for Growth in Service.

Carol D. Marsh · Author · added over 8 years ago · 1 like

Happy post-Thanksgiving, reader Friends and Supporters!

"Nowhere Else I Want to Be: A Memoir" is up for a giveaway contest on Goodreads.

You could be one of twenty people to win a free copy. Click HERE to go to Goodreads and get your name in.

Other news:

1. I’ve given a phone interview to POZ magazine about the book that will come out online and in print in January 2017. I’ll provide links at the time.

2. Also to be published in January, the excerpt from my memoir that was named Honorable Mention in the literary nonfiction journal under the gum tree’s Fifth Anniversary Contest.

2. ShelfAwareness will publish their interview of me soon. I’ll provide links that that, also.

3. If you haven’t yet seen it, click HERE to view the promotional booklet for Nowhere Else I Want to Be: A Memoir. Then share it likes it’s hot (please, and thank you.)

May each one of you have a peaceful and loving holiday season.

Carol D. Marsh

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Carol D. Marsh · Author · added almost 9 years ago · 2 likes

To Readers and Supporters of "Nowhere Else I Want to Be: A Memoir"

Publication date approaches -- January 10, 2017! I’m excited, and feeling ever more grateful for all of you who made the book’s production possible.

I’ve been very happy with the Inkshares team, especially Angela Melamud, who has taken on the proomotion and marketing of my memoir with great skill and enthusiasm.

I’ve been doing my part, too, and I thought you’d like to see my newest promotional tool.

Please share the link to the booklet on facebook, twitter, or other social media, and send in email messages.

Anything you can do to help get the word out would be wonderful.

Thank you! And happy Thanksgiving to all of you.

Peace,

Carol D. Marsh

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Carol D. Marsh · Author · added almost 9 years ago · 1 like

Dear Readerly Friends:

Just wanted to catch you up on a few bits of news and information about my up-coming book, Nowhere Else I Want to Be: A Memoir.

1. Reminder: The book publication date is changed to January 10, 2017.

2. My publication launch will be at Potters House in Washington, DC on Saturday, January 14, at 1:00pm.

3. You can now pre-order Nowhere Else I Want to Be: A Memoir on AMAZON.

4. I’ve been working on my website:

a. NEW FEATURE: the Newsroom, a magazine about writing and reading.

b. Sign-up option (oval button on the right) for monthly author newsletter.

c. Information about a new endeavor coming in a few months.

Thanks, dear readers!

ps: feel free to share this email and/or any of the links above with friends and family members and colleagues you think will be interested in Nowhere Else I Want to Be: A Memoir.

Carol D. Marsh · Author · added about 9 years ago · 3 likes

Dear Readers and Friends:

I hope you’re having a good summer (or winter, for my readers on the other side of the globe).

UPDATE:

Inkshares has decided to change the publication date of my book, "Nowhere Else I Want to Be: A Memoir."

The book will publish on January 10, 2017 (instead of in November 2016). Inkshares tells me they can highlight the book better by bringing it out during a less busy season. It will be the first book they publish in 2017.

Your books will begin to ship in early- to mid-December.

The official book launch will be at Potter’s House in Washington, DC on Saturday, January 14, at 1:00pm.

And don’t forget you can pre-order the book now on Amazon as well as through Inkshares.

Be well --- Carol

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Carol D. Marsh · Author · added about 9 years ago · 3 likes

Dear Readers and Friends:

We have an Amazon page! Share the link like mad. Pre-order Christmas gifts, birthday, New Year. Labor Day?

Thank you.

CLICK HERE

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Carol D. Marsh · Author · added about 9 years ago · 3 likes

Hello, Readerly friends!

News for Nowhere Else I Want to Be:

I’m really honored to have received this lovely endorsement from Killian Noe, one of the founders of Samaritan Inns in Washington, DC, and now Founding Director of Recovery Cafe in Seattle, Washington.

"Carol’s memoir deepens the readers understanding of the complexities faced by women suffering from homelessness, AIDS and trauma. Her storytelling is vivid and compelling. One cannot enter into the stories she shares without being changed. I could not put "Nowhere Else I want to Be" down."

Peace,

Carol

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Carol D. Marsh · Author · added about 9 years ago · 7 likes

Dear Readers:

WE HAVE A COVER!

Carol D. Marsh · Author · added about 9 years ago · 1 like

Dear Readers:

I hope you’re well.

Nowhere Else I Want to Be is on track for November 2016 publication. Inkshares is now preparing the galley for submission to media outlets and reviewers. And I’m planning my book launch party in DC, at The Potter’s House.

Would you like to help get the word out? Here are a few simple things you can do:

1. Check in at your local bookstores and tell them Nowhere Else I Want to Be is available NOW for pre-order through Ingram Content Group (book distributors). And you could find out if they’d be interested in holding a reading, then let me know.

2. If you’re in a book group, get pre-orders made for your fall reading.

3. Do you know anyone preparing for a gap year with AmeriCorps, or the Peace Corps? Teach for America or Catholic Volunteers or any other? This book is a great read for anyone about to encounter a people and a culture very different from their own.

4. You can post updates on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, GooglePlus, etc.

Thanks, everyone! Stay well and full of peace. --Carol

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Carol D. Marsh · Author · added over 9 years ago · 4 likes

Dear Friends and Readers:

I hope this message finds you well and enjoying spring.

I want to share with you some good news: An essay I wrote about my father, war and me has been chosen winner of the 2016 New Millennium Writings Award for Nonfiction.

You can read the essay HERE.

And feel free to share the link with anyone you think might enjoy reading it.

Thank you, and have a great day,

Carol

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