WIN! Set of Heirs Of The Dragon's Eyes

Hi to all
I am announcing my contest running in conjuction with The Romance Studio where I am featured this month, May - for a set of Heirs Of The Dragon's Eyes - Book One Star TyGer and Book Two Revenge - Immortal! This will be an at random drawing and the drawing will take place at the end of the Month of May. Since this is my birthday month The first place drawing will be a set of paperback copies, signed and second place will be a set of e-book downloads.

Drop by and enter - its free and the link is below!

http://theromancestudio.com/extra_drawing2.php IF you would like to purchase a set the buy link is http://www.melange-books.com/authors/sultrysummers/sultrysummers.html

and my web site for information is http://www.sqpens.com/

CHECK IT OUT!!!!!

Sultry Summers

PROMO - POSTING, BLOGS - AND CHATS

As an author I've learned one thing and I'm sure this isn't news to any other author - Promotion - Promotion - Promotion! Like duh! What's the most effective way? Well there is Posting and this works really well but it can be very time in-effective. Time spent getting either a new and of course eye catching blurb together or just the right excerpt and then getting that cover picture to 'stick' to your e-mail. Blogs are great too but have the same time eating problems PLUS you then have to post that you've posted. LOL. Chats work - that is a fact but again time and posting is required. Either way the more complicated form of promotion become less time effective and takes away from your writing time. What is an author to do? I haven't got clue either - but I do know Promo is a necessity one we can't do without. I learned this the hard way and without intent. For a period of several months last year I wasn't in a situation where I could actually devote time to promo myself and sales dropped like a rock in a very still stream. I'm back in the grove now and things are looking up thank heavens. During that time, I was still able to write and did accomplish some work though now comes the 'proofing' part, which, in itself is really harder than actually writing. I find some of the business has evolved a bit, the market of course has change. New trends, erotica going hotter and of course the "tween" market stronger. I don't think I'll ever be able to write in first person. HATE IT! Always have since a teacher when I was in school (elementary) force the class to read a horrid book written in first person. Oh well!!!
My real next step is to master video trailers - Oh the computer is capable and once you get hooked up with a photo bank it helps - but finding good looking 'hunks' that fit the right character in your books - now that is difficult. I'm considering scanning them on - of course one must be careful of copyrights. Still I need a couple of good pictures for my last two books out.
Enough said - the bottom line is Promotion is and will remain the biggest hurtle to an author - outside of writing the always feared synopsis. Master these two need skills and the rest is easy - well less difficult.
Any advice is welcomed - Please leave a comment - I'll accept all comments gladly.

Sultry --- OH - I thought a little EYE CANDY was in order he he he!

REVENGE -IMMORTAL was released on Saturday from Melange Books. This is book two in the HEIRS OF THE DRAGON'S EYES series, book three is in the works. If you've read Star TyGer book One, you're ready to move forward in the lives of Star TyGer, Sapphire, Lapura, SyVar and of course Myng now in the next dimension after being "killed" and passing on. His wife still on this plane and pregnant on Earth with their heir. Myton, Myng's commander and the woman, Urtera, he saved from the evil Conqueror are united. In book two Myng's mother Jiuli and he are reunited in the fourth dimension, she is many times more evil than her son. As Myng, Solana, and Jiuli plan for their Revenge - Myng's heir is born and on the other worlds the children of the other character are also conceived, born and grow to adulthood. So the next story begins and follows the first. As the young heirs of the first confrontation grown to adults they get into all the mischief of young ones growing up. Each coming into the knowledge of their own abilites and the paths their lives will take, the threat of Myng's heir looms stronger by the day but fate throws them all curves. The Book Of Life Over Death ever at hand for wisdom and the king/ring - the Dragon's Eyes sits well on Solana's finger waiting to be passed to Myng's heir. However even that isn't set - yet and from his still viable ship, the Destructor, Myng and his evil mother, Jiuli monitors the growth of his heir on Earth while preparing what is left of the strange entity Destructor the ship, to again be a space worthy craft. Another tremendous confrontation is nearing and it will be decisive