Three for One

by jan bornstein
(raynham, ma)

Genre: fiction series

I started out thinking I was writing one book.

Imagine my surprise when my editor told me I had so much material I could do at least three. So began the Song Trilogy. The good news was she told me the way I had written the storylines each book could stand on it's own. Still I now had the task of trying to figure out how I would sell three books.

I had to think in triplicate. Three titles, triple the work, triple the cost and hopefully triple success.

This was my first experience and I didn't have a clue what was involved or what to do about marketing. I hired a publicist. That was an adventure because you basically put your life and money in their hands. They came up with all these great ideas and kept in touch with me every week if not more. Unfortunately only about a quarter of the plans were attempted or accomplished.

Just as the second book was ready I found different publicist and decided to give it another try. I have to say not everything in the plan got done but I had a much better response and opportunities. Besides signings I did both a radio and television interview.

As book three is being ready for publication I will employee the same firm to help. I also have a part time assistant who often has been successful with finding opportunities for me. I'm working on a plan to help both myself in selling books and raising funds for charitable groups. With any luck both will benefit.

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