Please welcome Donna Huber today, the author of Secrets to a Successful Blog Tour. She's here to discuss the roles she fulfills - not many people can juggle so many things at once!
Hi! I'm Donna, but you might know me as Girl Who Reads. I
learned a few years ago at a book event that I was better known by my online
persona. I created the persona in 2009 when I joined an online story site. Most
members of the group were writing their own stories, but I was adamant that I
was not Girl Who Writes.
Over the past four years, though, my role as Girl Who Reads
has expanded and most days I wear many hats.
Girl Who Pushes Papers - This is my day job. I've been an
administrative associate in a research lab at the local university for over 12
years.
Girl Who Promotes - In late 2010, I heard of a group of
women from the writing community who were establishing an independent small
press to help new authors get published. I had experience with organizing and
promoting events from my years of volunteer work. So, I contacted the publisher
about helping their authors set up book signings and media coverage. Over the
next 14 months, I got a crash course on the publishing industry. And in the
process I obtained a new hat.
Girl Who Blogs - While searching for ways to get our books
discovered by readers, I discovered the wonderful community of book bloggers.
Not only was I responsible for promoting the books published, I also worked
with authors to build their brand. I'm an experiential learner. I have to do
something on my own in order to teach others. Blogging is an important
component of an author's platform. In 2011, I started Girl Who Reads blog to
experiment with blogging techniques as well as better understand the book
blogging community I wanted to introduce our books to.
Girl Who, um, Writes? - Last year, I joined a group of
bloggers and authors who were doing events to promote indie authors. A couple
of the authors encouraged me to write a book based on my blog's Tips on
Thursday series. I still was not convinced I could do it. I wrote some articles
for The Indie Exchange and received a good response. I then submitted an
article to my state's writer association's monthly newsletter and it was published. Over Christmas last year, I started compiling my
tips posts into a book. But it was overwhelming and I shelved the project. The
idea though continued to nag me and I thought about a smaller project.
At the same time I was freelancing with a several authors
and many had the same questions about how to best market their books. In May, I
found myself with some time on my hands and one weekend I took one of my moreasked-for posts along with a few others, and wrote Secrets to aSuccessful Blog Tour.
Like most hats, the writing hat will take some time to feel comfortable
on my head. But for fans of Girl Who Reads, don't worry - it's my favorite hat.
Find more about Donna and her books:
On Goodreads
and
Find Secrets to a Successful Blog Tour
On Amazon US
and Smashwords
7 comments:
Thanks for hosting me today. I've never been good with having a lot of free time.
Thanks for kicking off your tour here - so lovely to have you and your hats on the blog. :)
I purchased Secrets to a Successful Blog Tour a week or so ago and am looking forward to reading it! Blessing.
Inciteful post! Good luck with your tour.
Interesting reading- what a lot of hats!
@Joan - I hope you find the book helpful. I'm always willing to answer questions.
@Catherine - Thank you. It's a little odd being on this side of the tour.
@Ross - Thanks for stopping by. I love hats.
No doubt your site is amazing and I really like it. Nice writing, you are doing great effort, your way of writing is unique. Love this site.
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