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Want to know more about virtual book tours, how to organize one and how they benefit authors, hosts and avid readers? If so, then drop by LesTout.com to find out how much work went into Cheryl Kaye Tardif's 1-month 'Touring the World' VBT.

There is a new wave of online marketing on the rise―virtual book tours (also known as virtual author tours or blog tours). About five years ago, various authors decided to promote their works online at host sites and announce those dates just…

Along with a link to the review of Whale Song, by The Dark Phantom Review, you'll find an enlightening interview with author Cheryl Kaye Tardif, as she embarks upon Day 10 of her 'Touring the World' virtual book tour.

Welcome to The Dark Phantom Review, Cheryl! It’s nice to have you here. Why don’t you start by telling us a bit about your book, and what inspired you to write such a story?

Thank you for having me here.

Whale Song is an emotional…

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One very common mistake that online service professionals make is providing endless information on their website, blog, or ezine without asking for anything in return (i.e. selling a product or service). Now, that doesn't really make much sense, does it? How do you stay in business if you don't have any sales?



I have had clients who simply like to have their products sit obscurely for sale on their websites and do little to make their list members or…

Being in the business that I'm in often means that my colleagues and competitors often promote themselves with the lure of living a very rich life (lots of money, expensive cars, owning McMansions, exotic vacations) in which you work only a few hours per week. In some cases, these wild claims are probably actually true. However, I'm not yet rolling in the dough, so I have to show up at…

Six children and their mother were lashed to a rope, drowning, each dragging the next into watery darkness. Angelic faces, contorted by terror, faded into the cold black abyss. The mother tried desperately to fight the increasingly cutting weight around her waist. Her beautiful dark eyes stared up. Lace-covered arms reached for the surface; her mouth opened, silently pleading to God for help. The…

I had the first draft of my novel written. What next? Obviously I was looking to be published. Now, you need to know my motivation behind all this. Basically I was wanting to leave a legacy for my children. I have to admit I was not the best father in the world as they were growing up and now that I have a good relationship with them I want them to know where their old man is coming from and what I would want to say to them given half a chance.

I know, I know, why don't I take…

Zoinks! My debut epic fantasy novel The Reckoning of Asphodel is now available at Aspen Mountain Press. Wow. I don't even know how to react.

Well, yes I do. I'm grinning a lot.

At any rate, if you want more information about the book, follow this link.

Thanks for sharing my excitement! Cheers!

Today is the first sunny day we've had here in Coal Cracker Country. The temperature is a little cooler and so is the humidity.

The barometric pressure must have been sky high. It pressed against the skin and made me feel like a glass of water oversaturated with sugar. The afternoons were so hot even the air molecules weren't moving.

I am fond of gray days though. They remind me of Ireland where the sun rarely shines in the morning. Such a strange and magical place. It is no…

Even changing them to a different ID and increasing the security level of my passwords didn't prevent the blogs from being hacked and porn dumped on. YIKES.

So - I put my primary blog on wordpress at http://janverhoeffonline.wordpress.com and I'll be posting there - as soon as fair is over and I'm around the computer again.

I shall overcome!!!!

Thanks John for the advice, I accidently deleted your post while trying to read all of it, if you can I saw up to the part on being sure to read chapter's 9 and 12.

By the way I also purchased Bookmarketing 102 and 103, these were excellent.

Thanks