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About Me and My Book:

I'm a single African American mother of four who enjoys penning the antics of my muse as it plays in the playground of my mind's parlor.

My writing, thanks to my crazed muse, does run a muck in the contemparary fiction. My debute book is The Brekleby Press, due out in February. Natalie and her fellow reporters travel thru time to record those three minutes of fame that can lead to the bigger picture.

In an forthcoming work, Ninomytus, a sacreficial lamb for the condemned clings to the hope of finally finding peace.

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Left Hanging?

have my first book published by a small independent publisher. i knew what i was getting into when i signed on and really don't have any complaints. a couple of weeks ago i got a call from him asking if i was interested in becoming an independent contractor with the printer/distributor. he didn't go into it at that time and said he was call back later. i'm still waiting to hear back.

i have called and emailed him repeatedly with no response. (he is in the guard and was deployed once already so… Continue

Posted on June 25, 2008 at 8:30pm —

Stepped Back for a Moment

I want to appologize to those people, both thru direct contact and behind the scenes who were helping me with promoting my book, THE BREKLEBY PRESS. I wasn't as prepared as I thought I was as well as having something things going on in my life which cause me to put things on hold. I am close to finishing up those things personally and hope to get going on the book again soon. I do want to thank all those who aided me and look forward working with you again. Once again I do appologize

Posted on June 16, 2008 at 5:42pm —

First VBT Day

Today is the first official day for my virtual tour for THE BREKLEBY PRESS.

You can read my post on www.inspiredanthor.com/promotion. This will be my base host site along with several others who will be hosting me. I will be talking about some of my other items in… Continue

Posted on March 3, 2008 at 10:00am — 2 Comments

A Beginning

A few posts back, I mentioned that I was trying to put together a virtual tour for my book, THE BREKLEBY PRESS. I just wanted to update those who have offered me words of encouragement. I have one event with another two pending a date.

March 10th with Elena Bowman, author of JOURNEY TO THE RIM OF SPACE AND BEYOND, http://elenadorothybowmansbooks.blogspot.com/

I have another two that are pending dates. Also want to let everyone know that I will be a guest on Artistfirst Radio Network, wwww.art… Continue

Posted on February 26, 2008 at 6:26am —

It's just a little stumble.

This is turning out a little harder than I thought it would be. The virtual tour I mean.
I'm doing my reserch on finding sites to promote my book and coming up with a
few places that will either carry my book, The Brekleby Press, or place it on their page
(small feature) which is great. I'm not knocking that. Exposure is exposure.
But to have some hosts for the tour is another matter. Guess I missing the bigger
picture down the road.

Part of what I'm finding is from what I'm seeing on people's… Continue

Posted on February 22, 2008 at 11:37pm — 2 Comments

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At 4:14pm on October 29, 2008, Aidana WillowRaven said…: My book signing Saturday was a success... Read more and see pics on my latest blog post.

Also, check out my latest cover for the JGDS (Junior Geography Detective Squad) children's mystery state book series:

Isn't my job cool?

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IM: willowraven.illustration

At 9:39am on March 16, 2008, L. Diane Wolfe said…: I sure will! I'd like to feature more authors through my other websites - and I have about a dozen!

At 5:43pm on March 15, 2008, L. Diane Wolfe said…: Hi, Deborah!
I had sent out invites to several authors I knew and my writer's club came up with the questions. I'll gladly include you in the next one if you like! (Answers have already been posted for this one.) I am also developing a list of questions so that I may feature an author or two every week on my blog ... and a couple other of my dozen or so websites!

At 4:03pm on March 11, 2008, Diane said…: Have you posted your works on the Black Author Showcase yet?

Visit Black Author Showcase
It's another great literary site with an active speculative fiction group, check it out.

At 10:31pm on February 22, 2008, Theresa Chaze said…: Thank you. If you email me at Tirgana@yahoo.com I'll send you all the contact information with my tour organizer. I would like to guest host you on my blog. Would your write a press release about yourself and your work. Brag it up good and I'll post it on all my blogs. My primary directly feeds into my Amazon site.

At 8:19pm on February 19, 2008, deborah thomas said…: Thanks. I think I'm going to need it.

At 7:24pm on February 19, 2008, Camille Marchetta said…: Hi Deborah,

Everything little thing helps. Good luck.

At 10:53am on February 19, 2008, Camille Marchetta said…: Hi Deborah,

Are you organizing your tour yourself? I wouldn't have had a clue how to do that. Instead I signed on with PumpUpYourBook Promotions. Dorothy Thompson, whose company it is, and her other tour coordinators worked unbelievably hard to line up about 18 or 19 stops for me, some interviews, some guest posts, some reviews. I'm more than half way through, and so far I'm very pleased. I won't know for a while how many, if any, extra books I've sold, but at least the novel is out there, being talked about. And so far very positively. That's got to help.

Good luck wth your tour.Delete Comment