If they needed a break from all of the online interaction, they said so, and let me know when they’d return. If they said they were going to post once a week, they did. I don’t think that would have been possible if they’d pretended to be one thing in their public life and were actually someone else privately. In other words, their public face was an honest one, and so we built a relationship even if we didn’t have a chance to meet in person. I’ve offered sympathy when their favorite pet died.

I’ve seen their kids go through high school and enter college. I’ve often followed them from their first published book, through the loss of someone they love, their own health issues, job loss, career change, and so much more. The people I’ve met and stayed connected with are people I interact with outside of the writing/publishing world.

These are the four parts: be honest, be consistent, be realistic, and be supportive. It’s more the way I try to run my life, and it’s simple. My marketing strategy isn’t really just a strategy for marketing. Lee McKenzie New Release & Giveaway YA C. He’s bent on making them pay because he’s Not Guilty.īut can he prove it? Not Guilty by C. Now he makes his great shots in Juvenile Hall with kids far different from those that have always been in his life. The star of the Oceanside High’s basketball team loses his shot at the one thing he’s worked so hard for-the championship game where college scouts could see how good he is. In the judge’s rap of a gavel, Devon’s found guilty of assault. Everyone knows he had it in for Renzo Costa.

Cheryl Rainfield, author of Scars, Stained, Hunted and Parallel Visions.Ī blood-smeared knife. “NOT GUILTY is a compelling, engrossing, and ultimately uplifting and rewarding read.

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