Writing Is a Solitary Gig. Yes! Road Show! Maybe Give It a Bit More ‘Gas’
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About library presentations . . .
I am busy getting ready to do a library presentation. I haven’t done one in a while and need to get reactivated after pandemic sloth. Writing is a solitary gig and being out with people who ask questions about the writing but also about subjects that crop up in it …is renewing.
I am experimenting with using a non-fiction partner, someone who won’t compete with my book sales, but one that will add interest and richness to the presentation as well as offer her or him good exposure. Michael Good is with me because I asked him to proof my draft of “Deadly Turn.” A bird naturalist with a guiding business, he’s also testified at wind power hearings about the core conservation issues I have in the mystery.
Here’s how I go about prepping for the day
I send out a press release blurb that is convenient for a library to use. I send it out in Word and encourage them to edit in any way that works for them. It should have something “sexy” . . .