Barnes & Noble Morgantown WV to Stock The Chaparral Murders

iUniverse has advised me that my book will be stocked at their Morgantown, WV store 3000 University Town Center Dr. beginning February 26, 2008. This is one big advantage of choosing iUniverse over other self-publishing houses. Their alliance with Barnes & Noble (Chapters in Canada) puts books that meet certain qualifications on the shelves.

Dead of Winter

Halfway through a Canadian winter and I'm feeling the need of Vitamin D!

Press releases are beginning to have an effect, stirring interest in The Chaparral Murders. I am grateful.

Pudding is on the stove.

Revised Book Now Available

iUniverse has now completed the revisions to The Chaparral Murders and it is available on their website, http://www.iuniverse.com/
With that done, I have begun sending out press releases. First to the WV Gazette in Charleston, WV and The Intermountain in Elkins, WV. I will also send press releases to my local media in Ottawa, ON.
John Kremer's book 1001 Ways To Market Your Books is my reference and guidebook. I highly recommend it to anyone self-publishing for the first time.
Lots more work to do now to get the word out to those who may be interested in this story.

Website Online

My website is now live at www.mmstoddart.com
I will be adding content to The Chaparral Murders pages to help readers follow the events of this incredible story as they took place and continue to unfold today.
Thank you Cheryl.

Book Review

Norm Goldman from Bookpleasures.com has just posted a review of The Chaparral Murders: Dollar Store Justice. The book review and an interview with the author (that would be me) are posted on Bookpleasures.com as well as Amazon and several other publishing sites.

Thank you Norm.

Bubble-ogs

How many blogs can a blogger blogg before blowing up?

Billowing Blogs, bubbleogs, blogs within blogs, beautiful bountiful bloggers are we.

Just when I think I have discovered an internet tool to simplify a task, it takes over my spare time. ( That's a lie, I never have spare time. I just refuse to attend from time to time.)

I am the tool. The blogs own me and are chasing me as they proliferate and promulgate and expect me to pontificate on their behalf.

Marketing my book requires that I create a presence so others know it exists should they wish to read it. Creating a presence for maximum exposure seems to entail being in MySpace, Facebook, Web Pages, discussion groups and all the associated and affiliated blogs. Each virtual space wants to know about me and requires me to learn to navigate their particular space in order to make it work for me. I can't remember anymore what I said in what place. I guess it will settle down as I learn where I am comfortable and in which space I have an audience.

Blogging and social web sites are kind of like being at the bar and talking to the bartender or being at the hairdresser. Journaling on line can be psycho-therapy. If we don't go psycho, we get therapy.

JUNO

Just saw Diablo Cody's movie JUNO last night. What a fun movie! Left me feeling good about the real world. Ellen Page was too cool for words. If only I had been that confident and quick witted at her age.