Michael R. Robinson

Well, the fun part of writing the novel is finished, and now the real work begins. I am by no means a marketing expert, but now I have to add that title to my hat. Elora has been helping, since media is her chosen field at Clarion.

We went to a small seminar at a local bookstore the other night that was to assist local authors in establishing a market presence. It was informative, we learned a bit. Primarily, the biggie is a web presence. Blogs, websites, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, just to name a few.

Well, I’ve got those sites established, now it’s just about getting the word out.

Currently the book is available at Amazon and on Barnes & Nobles website. I’m completely excited about this, just to be able to search those websites and see my name pop up with the title of my novel. It’s a goal that I’ve had for a long, long, long time. The next goal is to sell a few copies, I’ve got a number in mind that’s my target. By no means am I aiming to be on the NY Times best-selling list, my target is far lower than that.

Simply, I enjoyed telling the tale, I want others to enjoy it also. If one person reads it and gets something from it, well my day will be made.

I’m going to start writing blogs more often on various topics. Such as Realm’s characters, my other projects (Namely the sequel to Realm), Realm’s status, writing tools and aids that I used, etc.

Also, I will answer any questions anyone may have, from writing to the stories, characters, future plans, etc.

I hope not to bore ya’ll with my long drawn out blogs!

‘Till next time.

Michael R. Robinson.