Me too, Angela. LOL, that’s a hard fight to have. I love cats, but I’m highly allergic and had to find homes for mine a few years ago. Was awful.

Thanks so much. Yes, it is, and the worst part is keeping your spirits up while you wait. And good luck on your query process. Let me know if I can help.

Thanks!

Congratulations on the partials and full requests! Querying is a tedious, nerve-wracking process, and I feel for you. I will, hopefully, join you in this journey in a few weeks.

Good luck on your goals this coming week.

Thank you. I spent a lot of time revising and had a lot of help before I sent it out. A LOT. And that’s a really good way to look at marketing. No, I don’t belong to anything like that as far as crime/thriller lovers, but I was thinking of joining. I’m also going to put some focus on Thriller Thursday for marketing.

Thanks for all the advice. Really appreciate it!

I don’t know much about marketing proposals – I think the Googling suggested by Natalie isn’t a bad idea, however – try putting the shoe on the other foot. What questions would you ask if an author friend asked you to market her book? Who’s the target audience, and how do you reach them? Does she have any particular “ins”? For example, we’ve both got SheWriters in common, a Twitter following, a FB fan page, webpages and blogs with XX followers. Do you have anything specific to your genre, like have written articles for a paper or online magazine (see what’s out there, and start send them proposals for articles you could write that would drive traffic to your blog.) Belong to gun clubs or chat boards for thriller or true crime lovers…?

The more work you have done to build a following/brand recognition, the less THEY have to do. So, if they have two MS on hand they like equally well, and one author has the blog, Twitter following, and regularly contributes to XX magazine, and the other is a complete unknown… which would look more attractive to YOU? (Of course, if one book really grabs them, that’s the one they’ll take, regardless of the author being unknown, but in this scenario, they’re equally balanced.) Crossing my fingers for you…

Thanks. They help as the rejections come in, lol. I think writing is the only thing that will help the time pass:)

Thanks. I’m hoping something great comes out of it, but it’s a long road.

Good idea on the marketing plan. I actually hadn’t tried that. Thanks for the tip.
And thanks…hopefully I can do it. I’m totally procrastinating Thriller Thursday, lol.

Thanks so much! It’s very stressful, but I think the best remedy is to get back to writing. And yes, I loved Kentucky. Was a great trip in beautiful country.