MAY 9 – 10, 2015
MOTHER’S DAY SPECIAL
Take advantage of my special offer on Amazon
Kindle – Free Book Promotion
Il Molo – MOTHER’S DAY SPECIAL!
08 Friday May 2015
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Il Molo – Kindle Free Book Promotion!
16 Thursday Apr 2015
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Take advantage of my special offer on Amazon!!!
Kindle – Free Book Promotion
April 17 – 19, 2015
Il Molo – Goodreads Giveaway
06 Monday Apr 2015
Posted in Marketing, Promotions, Self-publishing
I hope everyone had a Happy Easter holiday.
For those of you who are Goodreads members, I’m having a giveaway. One paperback copy for the lucky winner. The giveaway sign-up started today and ends April 13th at midnight (US time).
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/131715-il-molo
Wishing you good luck!
Il Molo is waiting for you!
11 Wednesday Feb 2015
Posted in Marketing, Promotions, Self-publishing
Promotion time for Il Molo. Haven’t done it in a while. You can purchase at Amazon in paperback or Kindle version or on CreateSpace. It’s not too late to offer it as a Valentine’s Day Gift. (If you are a Goodreads member, you can read other reviews I’ve written. The link is at the bottom of this post.)
Two of the photos that head up my blog page were taken on the beach in Varigotti. One of them shows the boardwalk that leads out to Il Molo. The other one is a view from the top of Punta Crena and is taken from a painting that I used in an earlier post.
And now to the selfie review:
Il Molo by Theresa Nash
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
It is difficult reviewing your own book. I think the most important thing that I can say is that I enjoyed writing it.
I started the book in 2010 when I had a brilliant idea about writing a novel about a murder in the small village in Italy where we spend at least a week every summer. But then I stopped working on it – unsure of where to take the story (Italian police procedures, etc.) as well as lack ideas on how to go about convincing an established publisher to agree to publish and distribute my novel.
Then in 2013, my aunt self-published her book and introduced me to CreateSpace. So I had my publisher. As for finishing my novel, one day I had a “revelation” and I knew where the story was going.
I will not reveal what happens in Il Molo. I will let you discover it. Happy reading!
2014 in Review
03 Saturday Jan 2015
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Not too bad for three months. Thanks to all of those who helped make these stats possible.
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 880 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it would take about 15 trips to carry that many people.
Sweet Dreams… My Dream Life
20 Saturday Dec 2014
Posted in Marketing, Promotions
It was after I wrote the introduction below destined for a book on my dream life (still in the works) that I decided to incorporate dreams into Il Molo.
Dream in Varigotti
“I have had a dream almost every night since I can remember – even when I was a child. I recall a few dreams from childhood, and one in particular that repeated itself at least twice. But given the frequency of my dream episodes now, I imagine my subconscious was just as active then as it is now.
My dream subconsciousness is fueled by what I have read, what I have seen on television and the movies, and on the myriad of events that I have experienced. You would think that I was a dull, straight forward person since my chosen career path has been treasury, accounting and finance. I am straight forward but by no means dull. My imagination is quite active and working all the time. I remember my first husband used to say that it was not wise to leave me alone for too long because I thought too much.
Il Molo – now listed on authorshout.com
19 Friday Dec 2014
Posted in Marketing, Promotions
Il Molo is now also listed on Author Shout’s Cover wall – http://authorshout.com/cover-wall/.
Every marketing outlet is helpful depending upon the following. But I’ll try every source once. If I feel it’s not working, it will be abandoned. For you writers, there are also a lot of other interesting services on this site some free and others not. For you readers, there are new books to discover. #ilmolo
“No time to say hello, goodbye…”
23 Sunday Nov 2014
I was extremely busy this past week at my day job. I felt like the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland.
On Thursday morning I realized that the previous day I had had no time to consult my Facebook account. I knew I was missing some important news from my friends. Couldn’t check on how my pages were doing – Literary Selfies, Il Molo, Pierre Montant. Didn’t even have time to check if there were any more FB Likes on Literary Selfies, not to mention time to post a new interview on the blog. And my own blog – no time to see if I had any more followers. Goodreads and She Writes fell off the radar. I didn’t check my sales on CreateSpace and Kindle Publishing nor if I had any more reviews on Amazon. Didn’t look at either Twitter or Pinterest. Google+ never even entered my mind. And Commission Junction was just a fleeting memory.
Wow! Now that I’ve listed all the sites that I consult in a day (besides the ones I need for my job) it’s scary. What would I have been doing 10 years ago? For sure none of this. However, I must admit I’m glad that all these internet tools are available. I wouldn’t have been able to self-publish my book and market it myself, create a website and a blog, use social media to reach out to friends and followers. On the other hand I wouldn’t have had dozens of passwords to remember, nor worry about viruses, nor hackers breaking into my accounts. And I definitely wouldn’t have had that “White Rabbit” day.
The Birth of Il Molo
08 Saturday Nov 2014
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People often ask me how Il Molo was born. My response – “with much difficulty.” It almost became a half-written novel left on my computer’s hard drive. A similar fate to the James Bond novel I started in 9th grade and never finished, the handwritten manuscript most likely ending up in a wastebasket.
I started working on Il Molo in 2010. I was sitting on the beach in Varigotti, a small village in Italy where we spend at least a week every summer.
Varigotti beach – (Borrowed from Facebook share.)
Interviews on Literary Selfies’ Blog
19 Sunday Oct 2014
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LITERARY SELFIES
Check out the Blog page on Literary Selfies (LS) www.literaryselfies.com. LS is featuring interviews of the indie authors. Responding to questions from LS, the authors discuss their first writing experience, first published novel, and when they began to consider themselves as a writer. They also reveal why they took the self-publishing route, their publishing experiences and tips for aspiring indie authors.
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Theresa Nash 