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Bookmarks!

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Hello everyone! I posted this on my Instagram page and I thought I’d post it here as well. I thought I’d give an update about what I’ve been doing recently in the literary realm.

Writing has not been top of my list of things to do recently, unfortunately. On the rare moment I do sit down to type, I’ve been working on a lot of different ideas, not anything I’m ready to share yet, though. Honestly, I keep jumping from one WIP to the other so I’m really not getting a lot of anything done, haha.

Recently I made these cute bookmarks and ordered some of them from VistaPrint. I’m excited to see how they turn out. I figured if the writing isn’t coming to me, I could at least do a touch of marketing stuff. I’ll pop these in some of the local shops and see if anything comes of it.😆

Regarding the Trilogy, Danethrall is up to a whopping 29 ratings! It’s sitting quite nicely at 4.5 stars out of 5.😍 Rise To Fall has 3 ratings at 4.6 stars out of 5, and Ashes Remain also has 3 ratings at flipping 5 stars out of 5!!🤩

If you haven’t already posted a review or rating, I kindly ask you to.❤️ Each review/rating helps so much to get the books out there. When each book hits 50 ratings/reviews, Amazon’s algorithm starts promoting and advertising the books, so every rating/review counts.

Anyway, that’s it for now. I’ll post some pictures of the bookmarks when they arrive. Fingers crossed they turn out alright!

-GSKT

Front of bookmark
Back of bookmark

Ashes Remain release day TODAY!

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Today is release day! Both the Ashes Remain paperback AND eBook are officially out! Feel free to rush off to Amazon and get your copy. 😉 Of course, if you have Kindle Unlimited, you can read the entire trilogy for free.

– GSKT

PS – My apologies for not making the announcement sooner – today was a bit more chaotic than usual. -.-

Bookmarks and Promos

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After Rise To Fall was published, I designed a flyer and had a ton of them printed by VistaPrint. I handed out some of them but my social anxiety got the better of me and I didn’t end up handing out more than a quarter of them. The rest are still in the box catching dust and will probably stay there forever until I finally get the gumption to throw them away. -.-

Since finishing Ashes Remain and having beautiful new covers made for the trilogy, I’m revisiting the idea of creating some promotional materials to hand out.

One day I would like to order a bulk lot of my books and set up a table at the nearby farmer’s market as a sort of test run before I take the leap and approach some local book shops. Not only can I put the bookmarks inside the books I’m selling, but I thought it would be good to have some cute bits and pieces to hand out to people who stop by my table to have a look but don’t necessarily want to buy any books that day.

I designed a couple of bookmarks and settled on the one pictured to the left. It’s simple and to the point, it shows the covers of the trilogy in a fun way and displays my online details clearly should anyone want to know more about the books. The other one I designed seemed a bit too busy and cluttered with information and imagery. This one is just right (IMO).

I’m still thinking of what else I can make. So far bookmarks are all I can think of. 😛 If you have any recommendations, I’m all ears. Do you think the bookmark design is too plain? If so, what do you think I should add to it? Should I do a bookmark focussed on each book as well as a bookmark advertising the whole trilogy or is that overkill?

– GSKT

PS. Two posts in one day! Absolutely incredible. 😛 I don’t promise another post until nearer the 28th, but I do think I’m getting better at this blogging thing, slowly but surely.