Audra Jennings

In the last Litfuse video with Caitlin, we talk about why an author needs a publicist. It is only available on Facebook right now, and it won't be there forever, so check it out while you can here .  After watching, if you want more information on publicity, you can email me at ajenningspr@att.net .  This is a Saturday post, so I'm going to leave it short and sweet. It's more fun listening to me talk than reading, right? 😁

This week's video started off talking about what a publicist does vs. what an agent is for. Then, we delved into the essentials of self-publishing. I can't share the embed of the video because it is not up on YouTube, but for a while, it will be housed on Facebook. For the time being, you can watch it here . Here's a couple of the key points in really quick summary. A book agent helps you get a publisher and book deal. A publicist gets you interviews and reviews once your book is published. A publicist seeks out media. If you are looking speaking events, you will probably need a speaker's bureau or speaking agent. There are three things that every book must have (I don't mean characters, plot and conflict). This is especially true of all self-published books. These are areas you cannot skip. They are: A professionally designed cover by someone who is an excellent graphic designer. Books are judged by the cover. A bad Photoshop job or plain, ugly fonts can...

People never are exactly sure what it is that I do for a living. They know that I have a home office, but I don't think people realize that I do get dressed, go up to the office and actually work 8 hours a day. And for that 8 hours, what do I do? If you've ever wondered, take a look at this guest post I wrote over at Life is Story .  You can also find out more about my job and Litfuse by clicking here!

As I mentioned Sunday, it's a light blog tour week, and I need something to ramble about this week.  Maybe it's because I don't venture far from my little corner of the world, but people frequently ask, "where do you work now?" or "what are you doing now?" While well meaning questions, for some reason, they always seem to come off with a sense of "do you have a job?"  I'm sure that's just me. I'm sure they don't mean it in a way that sounds like, "are you an old maid that lives with your parents?" Since graduating college (when I lived away for three years), I stayed with my parents for only two brief intervals: 1) less than 6 months when I graduated and was looking for a job, and 2) about 6 months when I needed to move out of the 'hood I was living in after an incident of coming home to find police in my front yard looking for gun shell casings and another time of finding out the apartment on the other side...