Coming Down the Mountain: A Writer's Blog

"Free on Amazon" Should you or shouldn't you?

2012-02-17T02:07:00.000-08:00

Is Free the new .99? .99 ebooks don't get the attention they did a year ago since so many are listed at that price. With zillions of ebooks flooding the internet, how does one little book get noticed?

Recently WiDo Publishing did free promotions on their titles that are in the KDP Select program, which allows a book to be offered free for five days during its 90-day cycle on the program. In WiDo's experimentation with price adjustments and free promotions, it's the Free that makes the most money, while .99 is the throw-away.

How can "free" make money? Free for five days in a row, which is how WiDo did it, can be quite profitable. Once the free promo ends, the exposure brings downloads well beyond the book's previous sales levels.

For instance, my book Farm Girl, which wasn't selling well on Kindle, had 18,588 downloads during its five free days. It got ten new reader reviews, all positive (yay!) and then continued on to 500 sales in the two weeks following the promotion.

It may continue selling well, it may not; but at least the little farm girl got some exposure and sales that she wouldn't have gotten otherwise. Since she was lucky to get five downloads a week before, we're talking 100 times the traffic. For an e- book that's not doing much, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain by doing a give-away. Print sales of Farm Girl also increased, as did ebook sales of Uncut Diamonds.

WiDo found similar numbers with its other free promotions, although not as extreme. Sales and rankings increased with the end of every free cycle. While some continued to climb, others returned to their pre-promotional ranking numbers. Price didn't seem to matter. Two books that were given the .99 price tag didn't sell any more after the promotion than those priced at $3.99.

Should you or shouldn't you take advantage of KDP Select's five day free option? I would say "Most definitely." Because Free can make money for a book that isn't making any, and it can make even more money for one that is.

Has anyone else taken advantage of Free on Kindle? I'd love to hear your experiences.

Visiting New Blogs, Making New Friends

2012-02-14T06:46:00.000-08:00

I'm back from my extended vacation and excited about getting into the A to Z Challenge preparations. Next step-- going through the sign up list and visiting new blogs in preparation for April. Any time I participate in a blogfest, I discover great new blogs. (And btw, the A to Z sign-up list can be found here.)

Sharing time: Whether it is this blogfest or others, how do you determine which blogs to follow and which to pass on by? Do you have any particular criteria?

Road Trip!

2012-02-09T04:11:00.000-08:00

I am heading out tomorrow with my sisters for a long weekend together. Won't be around the Internet, taking a break, and it's not even Christmas! Yay! I'll see you all when I get back. And for any burglars and stalkers reading this post, fyi my house won't be empty. Two strong men are holding down the fort. So I wouldn't try anything if I were you, ha!

In case you hadn't heard....Goodreads Announcement

2012-02-06T05:17:00.000-08:00

Goodreads used to import their book information from Amazon. It was very convenient. When a book went up on Amazon.com or the Kindle Store, the cover image, description, publisher, etc showed up automatically on Goodreads.

No more. In fact, they are deleting books that were automatically imported from Amazon. Or you may find some of the detail missing, like the cover image, or book description.

If you're an author, check Goodreads to make sure your book is still listed. If it isn't, you or your publisher will need to plug in the information.

According to Goodreads:

"At Goodreads, we make it a priority to use book information from the most reliable and open data sources, because it helps us build the best experience for our members. To that end, we're making a major change.

"On January 30, Goodreads will no longer display book information that comes from Amazon.

"Amazon's data has been great for us for many years, but the terms that come with it have gotten more and more restrictive, and we were finally forced to come to the conclusion that moving to other datasources will be better for Goodreads and our members in so many ways that we had to do it. It may be a little painful, but our aim is to make it as seamless as possible for all our members.

"Amazon data that we will stop using includes data such as titles, author names, page counts, and publication dates. For the vast majority of book editions, we are currently importing this data from other sources. Once the imports are done, those few remaining editions for which we haven't found an alternative source of information will be removed from Goodreads.

"Member ratings, reviews, and bookshelves are safe, but your data may be moved to a different edition of the book. If we can't find a matching edition, then your review will be attached to a book with no title or author. But the good news is that there's a way you can help.

"Today, we are announcing new tools to help Goodreads Librarians source data for the books that need rescuing."

(Please go here to read the rest of the announcement, with instructions on how to add book information that has been deleted.)

Goodreads isn't being specific about just what these "terms" from Amazon are, which of course I find most interesting, and would like to know the whole story.

Evaluating social media time

2012-02-03T04:57:00.000-08:00

Pretty sure I'm being Officer Obvious when I say it's a struggle to get one's mind around social media efforts, to create the ideal balance between online activities and the actual writing of books.

Where do I hang out online and how effective is it really? I'll share my list and would love to get feedback about yours, too.

Twitter: It used to be fun but no more. It's become a mass of non-stop promotion and links. As a result, I'm spending much less time there and enjoying it even less. With nearly 2100 followers, I certainly don't want to abandon my Twitter account, but still....What's the point of it? I ask myself. Twitter time: Less.

Blogs: Coming Down the Mountain is where I connect with writers and readers. It's an important social outlet for me, kind of a combination book club, writer's group, and chat room (including the blogs I visit, not just hanging out here expecting everyone to come to me). My other blog, the Celery Tree blog, is for information and promotion of Celery Tree. Anyone interested can follow it for up to date info about Celerytree.com.
Blog time: About the same-- posting once a week or as needed on the Celery Tree blog and posting 2 or 3 times a week here, as the mood strikes.

Facebook: FB friends include writers, neighbors, family members, slight acquaintances, people I knew decades ago-- you know how it is on Facebook. Lately, FB has made changes that annoy me and make the site messy, cluttered and sometimes awkward to navigate.
Facebook time: About the same-- check it a couple times a week. It's not an important part of my life.

Website: I set it up last year as the place to find out about my books and me as an author. My url is karenjonesgowen.com, yay!.
Website time: I love it but don't hang out. It's for company only.

Google +: I do very little over there as it has nothing new to offer.
Google Plus time: Next to nothing.

Goodreads: I don't accept friend requests from people with hundreds of friends and no books listed. The purpose is to list books read and reviewed, not to amass friends to email and harass to buy your book. I tried joining some groups but couldn't see the point. Like the Kindle Forums and Twitter, it becomes desperate authors hawking their own work. I post reviews, keep track of books read and those I want to read.

And btw, does anyone know why my Goodreads icon has all but disappeared? Has this happened to anyone else? I'm about ready to kick its sorry butt to the curb if it doesn't show up and do its job on my sidebar.
Goodreads: Post reviews, ignore direct messages and group spam. Delete Goodreads book review icon if it doesn't show up soon for work.

Celerytree.com: Brand new and as it grows, I want to do more with the Forum and especially with reviewing member books.
Celerytree.com: Hoping for growth so I can hang out there more.

That's my list. What's yours?

Another month passes and I'm still insecure....

2012-02-01T05:18:00.000-08:00

Hmm let's see, which of my many insecurities and anxieties shall I publicize today? There's the health issues, the procrastination, the concerns over what direction my blog should go this year, the fact that the first half of my current wip needs a complete rewrite, my project Celery Tree, sales of my books.....

Bring on the cookies! Milk, anyone?

A Worldwide, Thirty -day Celebration of Blogging

2012-01-30T04:35:00.000-08:00

It is most likely the biggest blogfest out there: the A to Z Challenge!

Arlee Bird's brain child gets bigger each succeeding year. I participated last April and decided to repeat, because I believe in the ALPHABET! And I love blogging! The A to Z Challenge celebrates the alphabet and blogging all in one mad, insane race to the end of April.

It's called a challenge because it is a daunting task indeed. Participants post every day of April, skipping Sundays, writing posts on subjects A through Z. Last year I chose literary terms, and yes there is a literary term that begins with Z.

This year I plan to be loose and free and write whatever I feel like. After all the promotion I've been doing lately I want to blog without purpose for 30 days and just have fun with it, allowing myself plenty time to visit the hundreds of participating bloggers, meet awesome people and discover great new blogs.

GAH, and I almost forgot to announce this-- my book Farm Girl has been on a 5-day free promo and today is the last day! If you want one for your Kindle, go here.

The A to Z Team are all posting the Linky List today. You can sign up here or at any of these blogs--

And now for the great unveiling! IT'S TIME TO ADD YOUR NAME TO THE CHALLENGE!

Hand-knit Yumminess

2012-01-28T08:23:00.000-08:00

For a knitter, nothing is more satisfying than seeing loved ones wearing the items you made for them. I'm a scattered knitter. Some years I don't do anything but the occasional scarf, other times I'll knit up a storm and try new yarns and more complex patterns.

This is my youngest grandchild, wearing a sweater I made for his older brother a few years ago, using self-striping yarn. It was fun! But not as much fun as getting this picture sent to me by his mom. Along with the sweater, he's wearing the hat I made him for Christmas. Hand-knit yumminess is so good for the soul!

"Getting in on the ground floor"

2012-01-27T05:07:00.000-08:00

I have a sister who has done direct sales for most of her married life. She liked it because she could work from home while making friends and a little spending money. She tried various direct sales companies, always with some success but never found "the one" until about five years ago when a sales buddy told her about a new start-up called Scentsy.

My sister, who had recently left Pampered Chef, signed right up. With her sales experience and wide range of contacts, she quickly rose to the top of things and is now making more money than she ever dreamed possible.

This is called "getting in on the ground floor." It's also called "the early bird gets the worm," and it's these rare opportunities that people fantasize about. Although I'm not interested in direct sales or jealous of my sister's success in her chosen career path, I must admit that I'm jealous of those people who got right in on the ground floor of Kindle sales.

The Kindle store daily gets more crowded, making it difficult to have the same success those early birds had. Putting a title on sale now for .99 won't guarantee anything, because the market is glutted. But that used to be the best way to grab attention for your book. Then there's regular Amazon, where countless millions of print books are listed. You can sell a book a day and still find yourself stuck in the six digit ranking.

If you take a wander through Celerytree.com, you'll see just a handful of authors and books. Choosing a book to buy will be like a pleasant, relaxed saunter through the village bookstore. And you might even run into someone you know *wink* on the Author Profile Pages and the Forum.

Celery Tree is like a brand new direct sales company for authors, only without the phone calls and setting up parties in peoples' homes (a reclusive writers worst nightmare of a job). It's online, where many of us are the most comfortable.

One writer wrote in her email, "I am thrilled by this 'co-op' idea! Farmers have been doing this for years, and it makes sense to finally have it in the writing arena."

So call us a direct sales company, a co-op for published authors, a start-up internet website, an online bookstore....or call us Celery Tree, because we are humble and easily overlooked like celery, but we will grow mighty like a tree.

Right now we're small but dedicated, unknown but determined; I do not expect we'll stay small for long. Not judging by the response from this blog tour. If I had any doubts before, your blog posts, comments and overall responses of the past three weeks have shown me otherwise. Clearly this is an idea whose time has come. Writers want a central location that's not only for networking and links but which also encourages and facilitates the buying of books

Leave the Jungle. Join our Village!

For more wrap up of the Big Blog Tour, see the Celery Tree blog.

Seriously, you aren't sick of me yet?

2012-01-26T04:03:00.000-08:00

Don't answer that! The next time I post this much will be in April, for the A to Z Challenge, which I am SO looking forward to! I'm one of the hosts again this year, which is way fun, because you get to meet lots of new people, and you get to unveil cool stuff, like what's happening on Monday, Jan. 30.

One of the reasons I love the A to Z Challenge is that it's just good ol' blogging, plain and simple. It's a celebration of blogging, and I adore blogging, and blogs and posting and commenting and following and pretty much everything about the whole blog culture.

But first, we are wrapping up the Celery Tree Big Blog Tour today and tomorrow. So please follow me to the awesome and amazing Jessica Bell's blog, The Alliterative Allomorph!

Counting Down....Two

2012-01-25T06:22:00.000-08:00

This has been an amazing ride, and I'm counting down, not because I'm excited for the end, but because it has been such a big event that is nearly over. (Kind of like the letters W X Y and Z are going to be in April!)

The activity on and about Celery Tree has been super helpful in getting the bugs out, and I appreciate everyone's patience. There were some issues with registration vs. joining, with ebook purchases, with automatic emails. Our team has been hard at work behind the scenes getting it all sorted, and things are now running smoothly and coming together in a fabulous way.

We might just be ready to take on the world. *grins* But how pleasant to first introduce Celerytree.com to my friends. Much less scary to get an email from a friend saying, "Hey, what about this?" So thank you for coming to my party!

Today Nicki Elson, the fabulous 80's girl, posts about Celery Tree. She has posted on the Forum and would love to get some discussion going there, so please stop by Nicki's blog, and then pop over to the Celery Tree Forum!

And gazillions of thanks and creamy cupcakes to all of you who have participated in any way in helping to make the Celery Tree big blog tour a success!!

Counting Down...Three...

2012-01-24T07:07:00.000-08:00

Have you checked out Celery Tree yet? Have you bought a book from an author on Celery Tree? It's so easy! You just click on the book you want, the site will ask you to register, the author gets a message that you have ordered and she (or her publisher or distributor) mails the book to you. And a few days later, you get a new book in your mail box!

That's shopping. Now if you are an author with a book to sell, you will want to join as an Author Member. Then you submit your book for approval (no biggie, about a 24- hour turnaround) and your book will be available for sale on Celerytree.com!

Meanwhile, as you're pondering all that, click over to Following the Whispers, where Karen Walker will tell you a little more about the culture behind Celery Tree.

"Wow! This sounds like a great idea."

2012-01-23T04:08:00.000-08:00

This week we wrap up the Celery Tree Big Blog Tour. Today, the tour heads to Ann Best's blog.

"My first memoir, In the Mirror, was published four days after my 71st birthday (May 2011). I'm a living testimony that it's never too late to publish a book."

Ann's book, In the Mirror: A Memoir of Shattered Secrets, has numerous rave reviews and is currently #8 in Memoir on the Kindle. That's out of 18,900 listings!

Ann and her debut memoir can also be found on Celerytree.com. Go here to view the book page. Go here to view Ann's author page.

A few of the great comments that have come through during the blog tour posts:

"Wow! This sounds like a great idea. I'll have to check it out." Connie Keller, author Screwing Up Time

"Don't I just love cozy little Davids with their slingshots aimed at Goliath!" Denise Covey

"I am thrilled by this 'co-op' idea! Farmers have been doing this for years, and it makes sense to have it in the writing arena!" (future published author/Celery Tree member)

"I cannot wait to have my book published so I can join Celery Tree. In the meantime, I think I will just order one of your books. Here I go..." (Donna O' Shaughnessy)

Thank you for stopping by, (but not that spammer)

2012-01-22T03:26:00.000-08:00

Sometimes I worry that I promote too much on my blog.

There's the books, there's the new release blog tour, there's the novel I'm working on that will be another new release, there's Celery Tree. There's the five-day Kindle promotion of House of Diamonds (ends tonight at midnight, and here's the link because my bloggie friends who want a copy should get it while it's free).

Anyway, I just want to say thank you for visiting even when my blog's in the middle of another promotional thingy.

But Mr. Anonymous from Russia or Turkey or wherever that script is from, you can just take a hike. Thank you, Blogger, for keeping spam in the spam section where it belongs and off the public view.

We Need More Book Review Blogs

2012-01-20T05:38:00.000-08:00

Mason Canyon is a book reviewer who blogs at Thoughts in Progress. She also likes to support authors through guest posts and interviews when they have a book coming out, and she is supportive of the small press as well. We need more blogger book reviewers like Mason. If I wasn't so caught up in everything I'm doing right now, I'd love to start a book review blog.

Today Mason's guest is Ann Carbine Best, author of In the Mirror: A Memoir of Shattered Secrets, which is currently in the top ten on Kindle's list of thousands and thousands of memoirs.

Ann's book is also available on Celerytree.com, which does not have thousands and thousands of memoirs. We wish it did. If you have published a memoir, please join Celery Tree and submit it so Ann's book isn't so lonely.

But first, head over to Thoughts in Progress and say hi to Mason Canyon and Ann Best.

The Mystery Writer Who Remains a Mystery

2012-01-19T04:59:00.000-08:00

We resume the Celery Tree Big Blog Tour today by traveling to Clarissa Draper, the mystery writer who likes to keep people guessing. Have you ever noticed there's no profile photo of Clarissa? Or any biographical information included?

Who is the elusive Clarissa Draper?

Is she Agatha Christie reincarnated? Is she JK Rowling in disguise? Is she actually a man? We may never know but while we ponder these deep thoughts, let's pop over to her blog and see what ~~she~~ he she has to say about Celery Tree.

But first, I must thank everyone who downloaded House of Diamonds yesterday, and linked about the giveaway. It had well over 1000 downloads in the first 24 hours of its free status. The last I checked it was in the top 250 of free books on the Kindle. I'm interested to see what happens in the next four days with this promotion. Sales of Uncut Diamonds also increased, improving its ranking by quite a bit.

Once the promotion ends, I'll share what we learned from it. Now on to Clarissa's!

We Interrupt this Regularly Scheduled Program for a Special Announcement

2012-01-18T05:00:00.000-08:00

My new release, House of Diamonds, is being offered free on the Kindle for a limited time only! Regularly priced at $3.99, it is currently FREE from today through Sunday.

"Gowen has an amazing talent for rich and meaningful prose. The moment you open the first page you are captivated by her writing style. Through her narrator she gets into a conversation with you and it feels as though her characters are letting you in on their deepest thoughts and feelings. I was so pleasantly surprised by how deeply I enjoyed this book, it was a real treasure." --Wendy G. Ewurum, Fabulosity Reads

Writers Just Seem to Get It

2012-01-17T06:10:00.000-08:00

The Celery Tree Big Blog Tour continues! I am so impressed by the guest posts as well as the many comments on the participating blogs (complete schedule here) that clearly show this is an idea whose time has come. Writers just seem to "get it." And despite a few temporary glitches in the registering/ joining process, these don't seem to be souring the experience for anyone.

Today we travel to Writer's Ally, blog of author SA Larsen,

"Published freelance & short story writer; author of young adult, middle grade, & picture books. Lover of all paranormal & the not-so-average teen/tween. Hair-raising mom to 4 humanoids, lover of dance, sports, jamming to rock music in the car, the rain, anything chocolate...and a romantic wink from my favorite werewolf. My friends call me Sheri. (I post M/T/F)"

Sheri's guest today is Nicki Elson. Nicki, author of Three Daves, is a Celery Tree member who has been incredibly supportive from the first time she heard of the idea, well before it became a real place. And she agreed to guest post twice on the Celery Tree Blog Tour!

Her post today features the Forums. Nicki has some great ideas on how to make the Celerytree Forum a real gathering place for us writers. So please pop over to Writer's Ally and share your own ideas on how to make the Forum fun and informative for all of us!

I've been closing my comments here to draw the attention to the hosting blogs and the guest bloggers. But it makes me feel too lonely and isolated, so I'm opening them back up :). Sorry, I just can't help myself.

Getting your book on our shelves

2012-01-16T04:10:00.000-08:00

Today Arlee Bird, the man who is famous for creating the A to Z Challenge April Blogfest, probably the biggest blogfest on the Internet, is featuring Celery Tree on his blog, Tossing It Out.

Arlee Bird: Los Angeles area, California, United States; "A juggler of words and phrases. My main blog is Tossing It Out. The focus blog for the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge can now be found at a-to-zchallenge.com where updates will be posted until the event in April begins. Wrote By Rote is about memoir writing. A Few Words is my Sunday contemplation blog. A Faraway View is about dreams. Pick what you like or look at them all. I love blogging!"; His guest is the lovely Karen Walker, memoir writer and author of Following the Whispers. Again, I'm turning off the comment feature here in hopes you will go right to Tossing It Out and leave comments for Arlee and Karen there rather than here.

And just a note for those who have joined Celerytree.com as Author Members: Be sure to submit your book! It only takes 24 hours for your book to be approved for sale on the site, and for your author profile page to then be activated. We look forward to seeing your book on our shelves!

If I Were to Promote Like a Pro and Spend a Million $$....

2012-01-13T05:35:00.000-08:00

Not going to happen but if I were...never mind, I'll get to that. But first--

Do you recognize this lovely lady?

"I write children's books. My current pieces are YA fantasy/paranormal romance. My short story "Daisy" is included in the 100 Stories for Queensland anthology. And my story "Allured" is included in the YA vampire anthology, Fangtales. I also will have a short story "My Moment" in Tiny Dancer, February 2012."

Yep, you guessed it! She is the super-cool Theresa Milstein, and on her blog today she hosts fab Nicki Elson.

Nicki, author of Three Daves, is a Celery Tree member who has been incredibly supportive from the first time she heard of the idea, well before it became a real place.

Go here to see Nicki's author profile on Celerytree.com and here for the Three Daves book page. And if you fancy a sexy romp through the eighties, click 'buy this book' while you're at it!

Nicki has some exciting, creative ideas for using the Celery Tree Forum, which will be open to members as well as Registered Guests (those who register to buy a book or just because they love Celery Tree *happy dance*). The Forum will be what everyone makes of it, just as will Celerytree.com.

With that thought in mind, I'd like to summarize a comment I made yesterday on Jessica Bell's guest post:

If I were to promote like a pro and spend millions on advertising, without author support Celerytree.com will go nowhere. On the other hand, if I do everything wrong while spending nothing (the actual scenario), with online support Celery Tree can be a huge success. Which only makes sense, because it's entire concept is based on the pay-it-forward philosophy.

Thanks to Theresa and Nicki for their participation today in the Celery Tree Big Blog Tour! (Comments are closed in hopes you will move directly to Theresa's blog.)

Jessica Bell: Why I decided to build a cubby house in Celery Tree

2012-01-12T05:59:00.000-08:00

I'm thrilled to have Jessica Bell guest posting here today as part of our Celery Tree Tour! Jessica's book, String Bridge, was the very first one to be sold on the site.

"Athens, Greece, (I am, however, an Australian from Melbourne) I'm a literary women's fiction author, poet, and singer/songwriter/guitarist. My debut collection of poems, Twisted Velvet Chains and novel, String Bridge, are now available. I make a living as a freelance fiction editor and a writer/editor of global English Language Teaching materials and collaborate with HarperCollins, Pearson Education, Hellenic American Union, Cengage Learning and Education First. I am also the co-founder and co-editor of the Vine Leaves Literary Journal."

I can’t stress enough how the underdog needs support in this ever-evolving publishing climate these days. And there is so much information on the net that it can become overwhelming sifting through the dos and don’ts.

So here’s a simple do and don’t:

Do join Celery Tree

Don’t delay

Why?

Well, who doesn’t want to be a part of an author community that supports each other, and clearly wants to support each other?

You know, I’ve heard a little whining on the grape vine about one of the rules to join:

To be a member you must buy six books from Celery Tree every 12 months.

What is wrong with that?

Absolutely nothing.

Because you’re going to buy more than six books a year anyway, and it might as well be from a place which supports and promotes others of our kind: the underdog with the small publisher that leaves most of the time-sucking promo up to the author, or the self-published genius who couldn’t seem to get the big guns to take notice, but has certainly got the little guys wondering why no agent has picked them up, or the hermit writer who knows next-to-nothing about the internet, but just wants to share their work with the world, and know that they’ve touched at least one soul …

No, there is definitely nothing wrong with buying six books a year to help each other out.

If you’re a reader, check out what Celery Tree has to offer so far, and give your money to the little people instead of the giant corporations who … well … have plenty of attention already.

And if you’re a writer with a self-published book, or with one published by a small press, please, please join. I did. And I’m offering signed print copies of String Bridge there, as well as my poetry book Twisted Velvet Chains. I was going to do it on my own website, but I figured, what’s losing ten cents when my ten cents means other people deal with the orders (and saves me time), and I can lend a helping hand to another fellow underdog?

It’s win/win, I say. Don’t you?

So come and join me in my new cubby house. I’ve got wine. And lots of books!

You can find Jessica with her books and wine on her Celery Tree author profile page. I love the image of the cubby house. Come on over and join the club! Memberships are still free during this promo time.

Also, today is double duty on the Blog Tour, with the second part of L.A. DeVaul's guest feature with Melissa Ann Goodwin.

Author Profile Pages

2012-01-11T05:22:00.000-08:00

Today Melissa Ann Goodwin hosts Celery Tree. Melissa hails from Santa Fe, New Mexico but will soon be traveling the country with her artist husband in an RV they had specially made for the adventure. I can't wait to read her posts about their upcoming life on the road!

: "I treasure wonderful memories of a happy and carefree childhood growing up in the beautiful New England town of Andover, Massachusetts. I am especially grateful to the teachers there, who encouraged me to read the books that inspired me to become a writer. My middle grade novel, The Christmas Village, is available from Amazon and Smashwords. I have written many stories, poems and articles for children's magazines, and my non-fiction work has appeared in national magazines and newspapers. I'm also a certified yoga teacher, specializing in Restorative Yoga."; Melissa hosts my Celery Tree co-founder and author daughter, L.A. DeVaul, featuring a guest post and interview.Want to know more about the fab L.A. DeVaul? One of the perks of Celery Tree membership is the author profile page. It's where you can learn about an author on one page, including links to all the important places where they and their books can be found online. For an example, view L.A. DeVaul's page.; And don't forget to come back here so you can click over to Melissa's blog!

The Organized Way to Buy Each Other's Books

2012-01-10T06:18:00.000-08:00

Today's stop on the Celery Tree Big blog tour is Brooklyn, at Melissa Sarno's blog This Too...

"Writer and producer for a toy company by day. Aspiring fiction writer by night. I love food, wine, biking in Brooklyn, musicals, and plays. Here you'll find musings on writing and books, among other things. I hope you join in the conversation."

On her blog Melissa writes wonderfully well about her impressions of New York, where she lives and works. She posts here why Celery Tree attracted her attention, and why she wants to help promote it.