Promote the advancement, recognition, and professional development of women crime writers in the Ohio River Valley region
Where: Clarksville Public Library 1312 Eastern Blvd. Clarksville, IN 47129
When: Saturday, April 26, 2025
Time: 11 am to 1 pm
Carol Preflatish
Lynn Slaughter will be a participating author at the
Spring Fling Book Festival on
Saturday, April 19, from 2-5 PM
The festival will take place at the: Forest Edge Winery
1910 Clermont Road, Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Congratulations!
Join us for our upcoming DRS meeting on April 12 at 11:30am for a hybrid (in-person + zoom) meeting at the Middletown Library.
The business meeting will start at 11:30.
Our program begins at noon and will feature Matthew Schultz, an IT expert. Matthew will speak about the digital issues we wrestle with as writers. If you have any particular questions for Matthew, send an email to Bev Myers at baroquebev@gmail.com and she will see that he gets them.
When: April 12, 2025
Time: 11:30 am EST
Where: Middletown Library
This meeting will also be zoomed. Please use the following link to register.
Moonstruck LLC’s Book Nook in Williamstown, KY will host members Lorena Peter, PhD and Lynda Rees for a book launch party.
Lorena and Lynda will present their new books, sign them and greet customers at Moonstruck on April 5 from 11am – 3:00pm. Join them at this fun event.
Join us for a Book Launch Party at the Book Nook in Moonstruck Gifts, LLC on Main Street in Williamstown, KY. We look forward to chatting with you. More information at: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553471506606
Lynda Rees celebrates the launch of her latest book, Rock Starr Baby Daddy, A Flip or Flop Mystery.
Information at: https://lyndareesauthor.com/2025/03/10/new-dont-miss-it/
Lynda Rees, The Murder Guru will host a LIVE FACEBOOK BLOG PARTY Friday 4/11/25 from 9am – 7pm. Join Lynda for FUN and PRIZES!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/amandasateam
Jeanette Pope will be signing books at:
Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church
2224 West Chestnut, Louisville
Saturday, April 12th starting at 2pm
Congratulations!
Do you read every word in your inbox? Learn what appeals to you as reader to improve messages you end with a click on ‘send’.
How to connect with potential buyers? What words will hook them? What information will pull them in? Also, less is more. Will they read a complete list of anything? Eyes are drawn to key words. You only get a short time to make your point from what I have read. What would get them to research your other novels?
The blindness to constancy is cured by varying the content. List a couple of awards or book titles. Change the list in your next epistle. New information attracts. The color red does, too. Or perhaps the arrangement changes?
Again with the less is more trope~~ use bullet points. Writers love the beautiful turn of phrase, but will your readers? I receive newsletters that contain samples of writing and I do read those, but otherwise I skim for high points. My inbox fills up everyday. I would spend the entire day reading every word in it. So I don’t. If you want to give your reader a sample of your style, make it clear that “this next paragraph is one from my new book”…
When I was doing marketing, I learned that I had just a few seconds to get the message over. Commercials are getting ever shorter. Just hit the viewer with an image and let him figure out what it means… or remember it from something you wrote earlier. Perhaps your messaging is additive? We’ve all heard that span of attention is getting shorter. We have also heard that our reader wants to be engaged… pose her a problem to solve.
Vary the messages you send… These are just suggestions from my experience in a different business. Use what makes sense to you or fits with your experience—or your target audience. OR NOT!!
Lorena