November? Yes, indeed it is!

Good day, Tuesday! 

October was filled with various writing related activities which included online promotions for my novels, the last of which was a  (somewhat damp squib) of a Halloween weekend 99p promotion across the whole Celtic Fervour Series.

Why damp squib?  Advertising these days isn't a cheap option and an impromptu eBook sale with little Facebook or Instagram advertising, or promo organised by other paid sources, doesn't seem to produce much in the way of sales for me.

What I am enjoying, though, is creating unique promo posters using images I've paid for via the internet. Some of these base images from Etsy do look AI generated but I'm only adding them to background images of my own, or from sites like Pixabay. 

I have a better-planned promo currently running for Tailored Truths (Book 2 of my Silver Sampler Series), the novel being advertised with Fussy Librarian and an Instagram boost by Yarde Book Reviews and Promotions. We'll see how that goes, though I've also given a suitable promo post for this a short-run Facebook boost for a couple of days. I'll know by the end of the promotion on Friday morning if any of the effort has brought in sales.

I've had an Amazon Advert running for Tailored Truths for a couple of weeks now and when checked this morning it had produced 1 sale!! 

My conclusion is that online sales are hard to come by.

On another note, I sold a nice number of my paperback novels at a FOCUS Craft Fair last Saturday and I have a 'Meet The Author' event next Saturday 8th November at a new bookstore But n' Ben Books (what a lovely name for a cosy little independent bookstore) in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. I'm really looking forward to this 'in person' event to get the word out about my books locally. ( It'll be a 50 mile round trip and a lovely day out!) Should you be anywhere near, please stop by and say hello! 

Updates to follow about other author events in my pipeline.

Slainthe!