Two Visits Done

September 3, 2010 at 5:04 am (September Blog Tour) (, , , , , , , , , , )


The blog tour started well with my visit to Eric’s blog. I want to thank Eric once again for his brilliant post and for kicking off the tour. I then dropped in to Geoffrey’s blog for day two. Thanks so much Geoffrey for your excellent post here in the realm.

But there are many days to come in September.

Tomorrow I am visiting Lua Fowles blog where I discuss excuses for not writing, while Lua brings her own brand of wisdom here to the realm.

After that there is a bit of a break before I visit Sonya Clark on the 7th for an interview.

Thanks to everyone who has already started following the tour and I hope to see you on my ‘travels’.

Between now and the 7th, I have received an award that I am going to share.

Before I’m done though, here are the 5 things I’ve learned from planning this blog tour:

1. There are many, many helpful people out there, so when you ask if anyone would mind hosting you, be prepared for an inundation of offers.

2. It helps if you do a blog swap rather than just a visit and that way you don’t have to worry about writing two posts on a given day and it lets the people hosting you have a chance to visit another blog.

3. Make sure you have a bucket load of free time because you will spend twenty times longer writing the posts for the tour than any of your other blogs.

4. The time difference between Australia and America becomes really noticeable when trying to coordinate with people on the other side of the world.

5. Despite the work, this has been really fun and I can’t wait to plan another one next year.

Thanks all and see you around.

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11 Comments

  1. Mason Canyon said,

    September 3, 2010 at 12:54 pm

    I’m learning more and more just how much behind the scenes work authors have to do to promote their books. I’ve been amazed by it. You’re doing a great job and I look forward to your visit to Thoughts in Progress.

    You mentioned the time difference. I forget sometimes that this is a world-wide thing and not only is time different but the seasons. It’s interesting to be chatting with someone who is enjoying winter when you have summer or it’s a different day from you.

    Mason
    Thoughts in Progress

  2. Talli Roland said,

    September 3, 2010 at 1:33 pm

    You’ve been a busy bee! Wow! I can only imagine how much work it must be. I haven’t started planning one yet, but I’m planning to do one early next year. Thanks for the tips!

  3. AlexJ said,

    September 3, 2010 at 2:16 pm

    Swapping posts was a great idea! And yes, I found most bloggers are helpful with tours. I had so many offers for mine, I only had to ask two people.

  4. RaShelle said,

    September 3, 2010 at 7:32 pm

    Hey, Sounds like you are one busy woman!!! If you still have dates available I’d love to host you. Drop you an email. rashelleworkmanatgmaildotcom

  5. RaShelle said,

    September 3, 2010 at 7:32 pm

    whoops that was supposed to be: drop ME an email. LOL

  6. Carol Ann Hoel said,

    September 3, 2010 at 8:01 pm

    I’m drowning in my own blog, glug, glug, glug. I do enjoy your bog escapades! Thank you for sharing.

  7. Sylvia Dickey Smith said,

    September 4, 2010 at 1:57 am

    Congrats on getting past at least the start of the blog tour! They do take lots of time, don’t they! Good work! And rest!

    Sylvia Dickey Smith

  8. Carol Kilgore said,

    September 4, 2010 at 2:08 am

    You’re off to a great start. Don’t forget to stop and breathe every once in a while.

  9. Please Welcome… (5) « Bowl of Oranges said,

    September 4, 2010 at 4:36 am

    […] I am today because I have the super-talented Cassandra Jade as my guest blogger. She’s on a blog tour  and Bowl of Oranges is honored to have her here. So let’s give her a big, warm, orangey welcome […]

  10. Miss Rosemary said,

    September 5, 2010 at 8:41 pm

    Can’t wait for my turn!

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