October 1, 2019
Cheryl
Interviews, NEWS
Belle Rayne, book marketing, Dawn Hosmer, DC Wright-Hammer, Francine Garson, independent author, indie authors, indie book readers, indie connect, instagram, marketing for indie authors, Patrick Johnson, readers, readership, Rebecca Yelland, self-published, social media for authors, social media marketing, supporting indie authors, twitter, writing community
I arranged this interview with Indie Connect Books founder, Rebecca Yelland, to shed a bit of light on one of the more exciting things happening in the writing community on social media. Rebecca is passionate about supporting independent authors and was happy to answer some questions for me. More information about indieconnectbooks.com is below the
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“Storm At Dawn is my difficult second child.” Is how I recently described the continuation of the Rubicon Saga. But why it has the dubious honour of being a “difficult child” goes back many months. In fact, it sort of started with her older sister, We Are Mars. Here’s what happened… In May of 2018,
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August 28, 2019
Cheryl
NEWS
authors on twitter, book marketing, book promotion, book release, book sequel, book series, book signing, indie author, marketing, Mars, Mars Mission, Mars settlement, Rubicon, Sci-Fi, sci-fi book, science fiction book, science fiction novel, self-marketing, self-promotion, social media for authors, social media marketing, Space adventure, Storm At Dawn, survive on Mars, We Are Mars
Storm At Dawn quietly entered the arena this past weekend on a little table, in a curling arena in the middle of southern BC, Canada. It was an inauspicious launch for the second book in the Rubicon Saga, but it was exactly how I wanted it – no Drama! Well, maybe there could have been
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August 2, 2019
Cheryl
NEWS
book marketing, book promotion, book release, book sequel, book series, book writing, Break the Dark, indie author, life on Mars, Mars, Mars settlement, Sci-Fi, sci-fi book, science fiction book, science fiction novel, self-marketing, Space adventure, space exploration, Storm At Dawn, We Are Mars, writing community
A little over a year ago, I only had one novel. I was a bit panicked because I’d set a precedent and I had to write a follow-up to We Are Mars. To say I was intimidated, is an understatement! How was I going to write a new book to compete and compare to a
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CL: Tell us a bit about how you got started as an author – What was your writer’s journey (include influences, favourite authors, education – if applicable)? GO: My writer’s journey began in fan fiction university. In middle school in the late 90s, I made a new friend. She liked to write. I thought that
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May 15, 2019
Cheryl
NEWS
book marketing, book promotion, book release, book review, book sequel, book series, book signing, book writing, indie author, indie publisher, life on Mars, marketing, Mars, Mars Mission, Mars settlement, Rubicon, Sci-Fi, sci-fi book, science fiction book, self-marketing, self-promotion, social media for authors, Space adventure, The Red Planet, We Are Mars
If you had told me five years ago, that I would be a science fiction author with one book out, and another on the way, I would have laughed at you. Seriously. Even today, I have a hard time grasping what has happened since I dived in and did this thing. I sit here today,
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March 28, 2019
Cheryl
NEWS
author event, book marketing, book promotion, book signing, book writing, ChaptersIndigo, Cheryl Lawson, indie author, indie publisher, Indigo book signing, Indigo Bookstores, Indigo Chapters, Kamloops Words Alive, Kamloops Writers Festival, KSWA, marketing, sci-fi book, science fiction book, science fiction novel, self-marketing, self-promotion, Surrey International Writers Conference, We Are Mars, Write-A-Thon, writer events
The promotional journey for We Are Mars has been an interesting one. As an indie author, I’ve found events are the hardest thing for me to organise and to get onto my calendar, but when I do, I have loads of fun and wonder why I’m not doing more. In recent months, I’ve attended a
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February 27, 2019
Cheryl
Interviews, NEWS
ancient civilizations, ancient history, authors on twitter, book release, book series, book writing, coded ancient wisdom, Colour Me Confounded, indie author, indy writer, mutants, Poulomi Sanyal, premonitions, Sci-Fi, sci-fi book, science fiction book, science fiction novel, social media for authors, telepathy, The Coming of Kalki, Thought Warriors
I was very excited when Poulomi Sanyal, author of Colour Me Confounded, agreed to let me interview her about her latest book, Thought Warriors, The Coming of Kalki, which has just been released. Poulomi and I share a few things in common – we both live in Canada after immigrating here, we have both written
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January 23, 2019
Cheryl
INSIGHTS, OPINION
Blue Origins, Elon Musk, extra-planetary, food production, habitat, Jeff Bezos, life on Mars, Mars, Mars experiments, Mars exploration, Mars Lander, Mars Mission, Mars rover, Mars settlement, multi-planetary, NASA, Red Planet, Richard Branson, robotic rover, rockets, science and technology, Space adventure, space technology, Space-X, survive on Mars, Virgin Galactic
In recent years, we’ve seen much news and hype about space-related programmes that feature Mars. Mars is nothing new in science and media. In fact, early stories written about Mars date back hundreds of years. There is a fascination with Mars that stems from our drive as a species to know more, explore and discover
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January 3, 2019
Cheryl
NEWS
book release, book sequel, book series, extra-planetary, life on Mars, Mars, Mars settlement, NASA, Sci-Fi, science fiction book, science fiction novel, space, Space adventure, space exploration, space flight, We Are Mars
2018 was a great year for me. We Are Mars has been a success, in spite of it being a debut novel. More importantly, it has connected me with amazing people, the world over, who share a love of space and books. I couldn’t have asked for a more positive start to my career as
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