Marketing and promotion is tough at the best of times, right? Not only trying to find a way to be heard but to let people know about what I’m doing, what books and stories and poems I have coming out without starting to sound more like a commercial than a person. And to further complicate things, I am quite prolific so it’s not like I can talk about one book exclusively for a long period of time. I don’t want to overwhelm people or drive them away.
So.
New plan!
On months when I have a book coming out I will, obviously, mostly be talking about that book. But on months when I don’t I will pick one title from my backlist and put it on sale for the third Thursday of the month.
And. And I will limit my promo posts on social media and to my newsletter and such in non-release months to the day or two the book is discounted.
Hopefully this will help people be aware of my backlist without me going crazy trying to promote it or driving other people bonkers listening to me talk about it.
So here we are. And, as you can probably tell from the picture up there *points* the very first ‘Third Thursday’ discounted book is… F is for Fairy!
“Anyone who believes that faeries are wee, golden-haired creatures with dragon-fly wings and sweet intentions has never met a real faerie.”
– Suzanne Willis, “A Silver Thread Between Worlds”
Retellings of familiar favourites from new perspectives, and brand new stories share the pages of this fairy-themed collection. Within these offerings you’ll find fairy music and food, contracts (making and breaking them), changelings, circles and curses–these stories deliver all the things you already love about fairies and a few new tricks as well.
A dusting of dragons, shapeshifters and ogres accompany these tales which include feminist fairies overcoming trauma, Norse fairies breaking the rules to interfere in human affairs, intergalactic fairies hitching a ride to a new home, political satire featuring an idiot king and talking animals, a new Robin Archer story, fairy run nightclubs and so, so much more.
Altogether this anthology includes twenty-six brand new tales–one for each letter of the alphabet–from contributors Pete Aldin, Steve Bornstein, Andrew Bourelle, Stephanie A. Cain, Beth Cato, Sara Cleto, Cory Cone, Danielle Davis, Megan Engelhardt, Michael Fosburg, Joseph Halden, Lynn Hardaker, L.S. Johnson, Michael M. Jones, Jeanne Kramer-Smyth, Samantha Kymmell-Harvey, C.S. MacCath, Jonathan C. Parrish, Alexandra Seidel, Michael B. Tager, Rachel M. Thompson, Laura VanArendonk Baugh, Brittany Warman, Lilah Wild, Suzanne J. Willis and BD Wilson.
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“As always, editor Rhonda Parrish does an outstanding job. The 26 story headings (one for each letter of the alphabet) served as a fun game (I kept trying to guess what word she would assign to each letter when revealed at the end of the stories). Whether intended or not, the mixture of stories was quite good. Even when a story struck me as okay but not outstanding, I knew the next one or the one after that would catch me unawares with either a surprise ending or a masterful recital of a tale that the author would not allow to become mundane. Extremely entertaining, highly recommended.”
