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|  | | Book Promo 101: Basics of Book Promotion by Nikki Leigh
The Book Promo 101 series is a way for me to share the things I've learned in my promotional work over the last 16 years. Many authors I know don't really want to take the time away from writing to promote, but what's the point of having your work published - if no one reads it?
Book Promo 101 is the first book in a series that I plan to write. Book Promo 101 is about the basics of book promotion. It will give you information about many times of promotion.
This is the first in a series to help authors learn how to promote their published work. The author speaks from long experience in promotional and marketing work. She offers her own expertise and she collected quotes from many of the best people in the business when it comes to getting their books "out there" and getting them noticed by reviewers, the press, and readers' groups. The book explores the mentality and process behind promotional work and discusses a wide variety of ways to promote books - many free or low cost techniques. These will appeal to the frugal and budget conscience promot | |  | | Book Promo 201: Harness the power of the Internet with Social Media Marketi
Award winning author Nikki Leigh explains branding, viral marketing, Web 2.0, blogs, podcasting, virtual tours, social networking and social bookmarking sites and much more. With that information and over 1000 resource links, this is a book that you will turn to again and again as you create an expanded and effective presence on the Internet to promote yourself and your books.
Have you heard of Web 2.0 and Social Media Marketing? Do these sound like high tech terms? The majority of people on the internet are using these things each day. Are you on Facebook or MySpace? Did you ever Digg a web page? Those are examples of Web 2.0 and Social Media Marketing. There seem to be an unlimited number of social networking web sites, but one key is knowing which sites are beneficial for you. Another key is understanding how and why to use them. Those are just a couple of things this book can answer for you in a down to earth and conversational manner. | |  | | Lady Lightkeeper - Book Two of the Misty Cove Chronicles
Lizbeth's happy world is turned upside down. Can she move ahead with her life? Lizbeth keeps an almost obsessive vigil from the lighthouse catwalk. She must find a way to help her children.
Friends help her realize she can help the townspeople and move her life ahead. The assistant light keeper helps her learn the ropes of her new job. He is a secretive man. Is he hiding a dark secret or a lifetime of hurt? Will they recover from their disappointments?
Lizbeth's children grow up in a time and place where death and loss are prevalent. Can Lizbeth draw on her disappointments and help them understand and cope?
CHAPTER ONE
(Tuesday, September 21, 1852)
The ocean mist brushed across my face. Amber, orange and pink fingers of sunlight wrapped around the rails. My seat on the floor of the parapet was wet, but it didn’t matter. From my perch high atop the lighthouse, I scanned the horizon. There was no sight of the Misty Pride II. William should’ve been home weeks earlier.
He sailed with his men over six months ago. Where was he and why wasn’t he home? Our children needed him and so did I. Waves crashed against the sandy floor far below.
As the sun rose, my frustratio | |  | | Lilah and the Locket - A Skeleton is Found at Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
The first morning of Kristie’s vacation she jogs along the beach with her German shepherd, Lilah. At the base of the Cape Hatteras lighthouse, Lilah finds a human bone below the sand dune. Kristie’s plans for a quiet week are forgotten as she joins in the investigation. Ocean breezes blow across the Outer Banks of North Carolina and Kristie uncovers a personal connection to the murder victim and her locket.
She meets a handsome government worker named Nathan who is working to complete the National Seashore project in 1954. Do his co-workers know something about the crime? Will Kristie and the Deputy find the guilty party? Join Kristie on the rugged shores of Hatteras in the search for a murderer.
Acknowledgement
I'd like to thank Nathan, Kristie and Lilah for their participation in the creation of this story. Many details about their appearance, background and personalities are featured in this story, with their approval and support. The story originated in a fundraising event for the Charlottesville/Albemarle SPCA. Their picture of Lilah was the perfect inspiration for this murder mystery.
I have to say a sincere thank you to Danny Couch of Hatteras Tours for his patient and invaluable assistance in my research. He answered many questions for me and took me on a tou | |  | | Widow's Walk - First book in the Misty Cove Chronicles
First in a series of three. Days before her wedding, in October 1841, Lizbeth climbs to the widows walk atop her home, with her fiancé. They search the dark and stormy horizon for her father's fishing boat and Lizbeth notices the darkened lighthouse on the point.
In such a violent storm, her father and the other men from Misty Cove need the lighthouse to guide their boats safely into harbor. In the morning and the lighthouse lamps shine out, but it's too late. Death had come in the stormy night and the community is devastated by loss. Is love enough for Lizbeth to overcome the needless death of her father?
Mourning and an investigation into the light's failure delay the wedding. When, at last, Lizbeth and William pledge their love, will they find happiness?
October 3, 1841
Sunday Evening
Brilliant flashes of lightning lit the night sky and the thunder rumbled my soul. The cold raindrops brushed my cheek while the storm drew near. Intense heartbeats hammered in my chest as I thought of father and his crew. Their fishing boat was on its way home. We hadn’t heard exactly when they planned to return, but this storm worried me. I reminded myself that my concern could be unfounded.
Through the years, I watched many storms approach the Cape Ann coastline. We lived on a section of the Massachusetts coast which didn’t see many h |
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