... so scanning Amazon I came across this "review" from folks who met the author of
at Malice Domestic (a conference for mystery writers). I'm sending you the link so you can read all for yourself, but below is a short excerpt that underscores why it is so important for authors to really promote their work in the most assertive way possible:
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
 Like a foreign flavor - strange on the palate at first but surprisingly satisfying., June 16, 2006
"This review is from: The Chef Who Died Sautéing (Paperback) I met the authors of The Chef Who Died Sauteing at the 2006 Malice Domestic convention in D.C. They were outgoing, delightful, and drew attention to their offering in a most creative way -- they dressed in chef's whites both days I attended the conference, and they introduced themselves easily. As a writer myself, I like to reward any author who exhibits a get-up-and-go attitude towards getting her book known. In today's business, a single published book can fall into the pool of novels like a drop of water, to be swallowed whole. I bought the book because I really appreciated how the authors had gone that extra mile to promote it. All that said, I had a hard time getting into it. Ariel Quigley, the detective, is a college level English teacher who has a strong psychic streak and a penchant for attracting manifestations of ghostly spirits. This threw me off at first, as did her embrace of Tarot card readings and "dowsing", because Ariel's (and the book's) point of view was that these things, admittedly looked at askance in much of society, are very real. I have a great resistance towards characters who are "endearingly flakey" or "new agey". |
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