tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880814.post4606962260932490669..comments2023-08-07T08:59:51.060+01:00Comments on my blog: Cryssehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15733554167534664275noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880814.post-6612148138862124602009-05-12T09:22:00.000+01:002009-05-12T09:22:00.000+01:00Hey Don,
Good to see you. I was wondering how you ...Hey Don,<br />Good to see you. I was wondering how you were getting on with Winged with Death.<br />Not too bad it seems, if you got right through to the bottom of the last page.<br />Talk soon.john bakerhttp://johnbakersblog.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880814.post-82115017368681351242009-05-12T09:03:00.000+01:002009-05-12T09:03:00.000+01:00bubbly a bit curled at the edges, salmon slightly ...bubbly a bit curled at the edges, salmon slightly flat, but you're welcome to the pickings.<br /><br />How brilliant to be living over there in Tango land, with those 'crimson, heartbreaking, night skies' and 'the bitterness of the music and the heart and hope buried within it' (I'm loving John's book) - I can almost taste the heat.<br /><br />Let me know if you want a creative writing course leader out there, Donigan! Have Kipling bag, will travel...Cryssehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15733554167534664275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880814.post-31184782497459656532009-05-12T00:28:00.000+01:002009-05-12T00:28:00.000+01:00I think I'm coming up pretty soon on this virtual ...I think I'm coming up pretty soon on this virtual book tour; I just finished the book today. But John, give me a couple of days for consideration. I think it will be interesting that I seem to be the only writer along the way who is actually living in Tango land (Buenos Aires) and who has been to Montevideo recently.<br /><br />This is the only stop along your virtual tour that I have made, on purpose, and will not read the others until I have posted my own thoughts.<br /><br />Just thought I'd pop in here in case Crysse hasn't run out of salmon and champagne.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880814.post-35984632757921940012009-05-11T23:49:00.000+01:002009-05-11T23:49:00.000+01:00next time smoked salmon & champagne... xxnext time smoked salmon & champagne... xxCryssehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15733554167534664275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880814.post-64628543591350431672009-05-11T23:48:00.000+01:002009-05-11T23:48:00.000+01:00It was good, but. . . I mean, I'm not complaining,...It was good, but. . . I mean, I'm not complaining, it's just that, well, hell, biscuits are important, you know.john bakerhttp://johnbakersblog.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880814.post-1900556940990265222009-05-11T23:37:00.000+01:002009-05-11T23:37:00.000+01:00Hope you enjoyed your day here, John. Sorry no vi...Hope you enjoyed your day here, John. Sorry no virtual bourbon biscuits...<br /><br />xcrysseCryssehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15733554167534664275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880814.post-455097531516324372009-05-11T17:40:00.000+01:002009-05-11T17:40:00.000+01:00I don't have any figures. I don't know how good a ...I don't have any figures. I don't know how good a medium a virtual tour is in helping to promote a book. Come to think of it I've never seen figures of any kind about an author tour and how that translates into book sales.<br />I'm still sufficiently old-fashioned enough to believe that this is the kind of thing a publisher should do rather than an author.<br />Except that publishers don't, not unless you're already a mega-selling writer, and then they want you to go to places far away where you can extend the market to brand new populations.<br />So for me, this whole exercise is not so much about selling books as it is about finding readers. (Subtle difference there - can you see it?)<br />Initially it is difficult to talk about a book because few people have read it, but gradually, the hope is that the debate becomes more of a community debate, that it takes place between people who have read the book and enjoyed it or not and who want to discuss this or that aspect of it.<br />Until that comes about one can only really jump up and down and attract attention, and these days it's possible to do this virtually much more effectively than it is in the real world.<br />I tried jumping up and down and attracting attention in the street with an earlier book, and believe me, it gets the wrong kind of attention.john bakerhttp://johnbakersblog.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880814.post-21440763025696570832009-05-11T17:05:00.000+01:002009-05-11T17:05:00.000+01:00Glad you like the idea - for me it's been a big ju...Glad you like the idea - for me it's been a big jump forward in realising new ways blogs can interact. And a gripping book too!Cryssehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15733554167534664275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880814.post-79256411132710214192009-05-11T16:04:00.000+01:002009-05-11T16:04:00.000+01:00I have never heard of a virtual book tour before, ...I have never heard of a virtual book tour before, but it seems like the way forward in what seems to be quickly becoming a more virtual world. I have been following John's virtual tour with interest and hope it continues for a while to come.<br />I loved the book and would recommend it wholeheartedly. Thanks Crysse and John.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com