Taking over the internet (again) …

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Elemental Assassins Book #3 - VenomSo the release of Venom, the third Elemental Assassin book, is coming up on Sept. 28, which means that it’s time for me to do another blog tour. 

Why do I do blog tours? Well, for a couple of reasons. First, it’s a free and easy way to promote my books. There are tons and tons of great book blogs out there. Promotion is all about having an online presence these days, and I think doing a blog tour is one of the best ways that you can get the word out about your books, especially if you’re a new or midlist author. And did I mention that it’s free? All it’s going to cost you is a little bit of time and some postage to mail books out to giveaway winners.

Second, it’s just fun. I like visiting other blogs, interacting with folks, and seeing what they have to say about my blog post or books or what other titles they’re reading and loving right now. I can’t tell you how many book recommendations that I’ve picked up just by doing guest blogs. To me, that’s just the icing on the cake, since I’m always on the lookout for new books to read.

I’m pretty ambitious when it comes to blog tours. As soon as I have my e-ARC, I send it out to various book bloggers and start asking folks about guest blogs. I’m kind of anal in that I like to work well ahead. Then again, since I have a day job, I sort of have to. 

The Venom blog tour is definitely my biggest one to date. I’m sure folks are going to get real sick of seeing my name all over the place in the coming weeks. LOL.

Anyway, here are the blogs that I have set up so far. I’ll be posting links to all of these here on the blog, my Facebook fan page, and my Twitter page as the various dates approach. I’m also giving away at least one copy of Venom with most of these posts.

Sept. 7: Rex Robot Reviews  

Sept. 15: The Romance Reviews

Sept. 16: The Book Binge

Sept. 17: Ellz Readz interview  

Sept. 19: Amberkatze’s Book Blog

Sept. 20: All Things Urban Fantasy

Sept. 21: Literary Escapism

Sept. 22: Lovin’ and Livin’ Life in the 808

Sept. 23: Fresh Fiction

Sept. 23: Fiction Kingdom

Sept. 24: Shiloh Walker’s blog

Sept. 24: Fiction Vixen Book Reviews  

Sept. 27: Paperback Dolls

Sept. 27: Smexy Books

Sept. 27: Book Talk with J&J (aka Romancing-The-Book)

Sept. 28: Bitten by Books

Sept. 29: True Romance Blog

Sept. 30: Magical Musings

Oct. 1: Book Crazy Scrapbook Mama  

Oct. 4: A Buckeye Girl Reads

Oct. 5: Books and Things

Oct. 5: SciFi Guy

Oct. 6: Smokin’ Hot Books

Oct. 6: The Romance Dish

Oct. 7: The Book Smugglers

Oct. 8: Supernatural Snark  

Oct. 11: Urban Fantasy Reader

Oct. 12: Paranormal Haven

Oct. 14: Dark Faerie Tales

Oct. 18: All Things Urban Fantasy

Nov. 2: Night Owl Reviews

Nov. 9: Larissa’s Bookish Life

Whew! That’s a lot of blogs, but I think the tour will be a lot of fun. And I’m always open to doing guest blogs — it just doesn’t have to be when I have a new book out. So if you want me to drop by your blog sometime, send me an e-mail.

What about you guys? Do you like blog tours? Why or why not? Share in the comments.

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8 Responses to “Taking over the internet (again) …”

  1. Elie says:

    I am excited to be part of your tour. There are some great stops listed.

    Guess what? I just picked up Karma Girl the other day. Looks like fun.

  3. Liz says:

    Although I don’t read many review blogs, I do read a few author blogs, and it was a review on Shiloh Walker’s blog that led me to you. So, although I’m just one reader, I’m a small bit of proof that your methods are working 🙂

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