Hello Email Connect: Goodbye Hats Off Corner: Nicky Peacock is my last Hats Off Corner writer.
As some of you know who’ve been hanging with me for a while, I’m “sometimes” scattered. So to help un-scatter my brain, I’ve put together a plan to keep supporting authors, but to do so in a more organized, and I think a better way. Jury’s still out, but it looks like this just might work.
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My plan is to choose a Follower to Feature each month. I’m still fine-tuning that, but if you want to see what that involves right now, here’s the LINK to the post that explains what I do.
I’m also sharing information that I think might be helpful.
When I can, I offer free stuff-mostly books.
End of Commercial. So now on to the last Hats Off Corner and Nicky Peacock!
Hats Off Corner Welcomes Nicky Peacock
As some of you know who’ve been hanging with me for a while, I’m “sometimes” scattered. So to help un-scatter my brain, I’ve put together a plan to keep supporting authors, but to do so in a more organized, and I think a better way. Jury’s still out, but it looks like this just might work.
I invade your email once, a month.
My plan is to choose a Follower to Feature each month. I’m still fine-tuning that, but if you want to see what that involves right now, here’s the LINK to the post that explains what I do.
I’m also sharing information that I think might be helpful.
When I can, I offer free stuff-mostly books.
End of Commercial. So now on to the last Hats Off Corner and Nicky Peacock!
Hats Off Corner Welcomes Nicky Peacock
Nicky’s an Evernight Teen sister. I’m really happy to host her here today.
| Connect with Nicky on her Amazon U. S. Author’s Page |
ME: So, Nicky, if you had to tweet about your book what 140 characters would you write?
NICKY: Battle of the Undead is a vampires VS zombies YA urban fantasy. It’s the Walking Dead meets True Blood for teens and above.
ME: I’ll do some Tweets for you using that. It’s good. Can you tell us about one of your characters. What would she love to receive as a gift? What would she most likely choose to buy for someone she cared about?
NICKY: Britannia is the heroine in the Battle of the Undead series and she is a stubborn 400+ year old vampire with a dry sense of humor and love for violence (whether its necessary or not!) I think she’d want the gift of a weapon of some kind, something that could do a lot of damage in a small amount of time. She really wants people to like her, so she’d probably buy someone she cared for something really expensive. For a fellow vampires she’d go out of her way to get them an antique, something that reminded them of the ‘old days’.
ME: I always wonder if I’m asking good questions. What questions do you wish interviewers would ask you, but never do?
NICKY: The interviewers that have gotten hold of me have been pretty in-depth so far! I think I’ve been asked just about every question going. I guess it would be nice to get a ‘How are you?’ I always try to be really honest in interviews so here’s the answer…I’m really tired, the UK just lost an hour to daylight savings time and my body has not adjusted well! It’s like having jet lag but not having the holiday. I’ll be back to normal soon though - probably just before we get the hour back in Autumn! LOL
ME: Since almost all authors are expected to promote their books, what has surprised you about the marketing side of this business? What has disappointed you?
NICKY: I work in sales and marketing for my day job, so nothing has really surprised me. It takes a lot of work and time to get yourself out there and, as a writer, you need to make sure that you balance your time effectively between promotion, social media and actually writing something to promote. It’s always lovely when you connect with other authors and help one another, just like the lovely C Lee McKenzie is doing for me right now!
ME: Simlie Face Here. Hosting authors here is always fun. Do you have any advice for authors still seeking publication? If so, what would that be?
NICKY: Start with the anthology market. This is what I did. There are a wealth of publishers out there putting together anthologies in all sorts of genres that are actively seeking short stories. If you give them what they are looking for, you’re more likely to get published. Also, short stories are quicker to write and edit than a novel and give you a really good starting point for your writer’s CV.
ME: We’re about through here, so what are two important things you’d like readers to know about you and/or your books?
NICKY: Well, about me…I’m always honest in interviews and get really excited when readers get in touch with me.
My books…They are action packed and the series has one more book to come, it’s called Bad Karma.
ME: That sounds very ominous! Don’t want Bad Karma if we can help it.
NICKY: Thank you for having me on your site!
ME: Great to host you and find out about you and your books.
You can connect with Nicky a lot of places. Blog, Twitter, Facebook, UK Amazon, Goodreads, Tumbler, Authrograph
Quote of the Week: “It is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn’t matter what we call it; what matters is to leave in the past those moments in life that are over.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Zahir
