Doodles of Pookey

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Hey Guys,
I could do with some Facebook loving. If you like any of the books I have written, please go to my Facebook page and hit the like button.

Pookey The Mousepig Book Page
Pookey The Mousepig The Backyard Rainforest Book Page
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Pookey On Amazon

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Pookey The Mousepig has been available on Amazon in Kindle format for a few months now. The paperback edition is now available on Amazon (UK) and Amazon (US).

Business Cards Update.

Business Cards Have Arrived.

In an earlier post, I wrote about the different approaches I had taken to promote my book. One of those approaches was making a simple business card to hand out to potential buyers.

Well, they have arrived. I am extremely happy with the finished result. I thought a simple approach would work better and hopefully achieve a sale. As can be seen in the picture, I uploaded my own picture. I also added the name of the book, a brief sentence to describe what the product is and where it can be found on the internet. So far, I have carried the cards with me everywhere I have been. This way if I get the chance to talk to people about my book, I have a card to give out so they can hopefully download/buy a copy.

My next step is to lend a copy of the paperback version to my daughters nursery. They have shown great interest in reading the book. I will be leaving a number of cards with the teachers so that if the children like the book, the parents have a card to take action on and hopefully buy the book.
I have been lending my copy out left right and centre to primary school teachers and parents, but until I recieved the cards, there was no way of informing them about how to attain a copy for themselves. Fortunately, the business cards have changed that now. I hope that this small investment will pay off. I will post about the results (if any) on a future date.

Writers block! Whats your remedy?

Well guys, the third book in the series is coming along, albeit slowly. Pookey The Mousepig In Outer Space as you all probably know will hopefully be released at the end of April/ beginning of May. Most of the story has been written and all I have left to do is all the drawings.
This addition to the series has proved a little more difficult to write/illustate. I have had writers block for the last couple of weeks and it has been hard to shift it. Slowly but surely I have managed to put a few ideas down onto paper. I suppose most writers go through the same sort of troubles?

I was wondering how other writers managed to get through their blocks and which remedy they found most affective. Please leave your comments below, I could really do with the help!

Pregnancy Diaries One Man's Perspective Movie.

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Pookey The Mousepig In Outer Space, Exclusive First Chapter Preview.

Chapter 1

It was a beautiful Summers night and Mia was staring up at the stars. The smell of charcoaled sausages and sizzling burgers still filled her nostrils. It was nearly her bedtime, but she begged to stay up for five more minutes just so she could see a shooting star.
Earlier that day at school, Mia had been learning all about the planets and stars in the Universe. Mia's teacher Miss Hoot, had told all the children about outer space and all the mysterious things that exist out there. All the children joined in adding what they thought might exist in outer space. Christopher, a small boy who always had a finger up his nose, said, "I think that shooting stars are gigantic fire flies that flit through the sky at night."
"Well, I think that the moon is made of cheese, the really smelly kind," Margaret butted in.
"My Dad says that aliens live on the moon," Cory said smugly.
Miss Hoot tried to quiet the children as they shouted over each others ideas, "That sounds very imaginative children, but I'm not too sure if any of that is strictly true."
Mia's head was tingling with ideas of what she thought space might really be like. She couldn't wait to scribble down her ideas onto paper when she got home. Then Miss Hoot spoke, "Today children, I would like you to design and make something to do with space."
She looked down her thin steel rimmed spectacles at the children, "Anything at all. Aliens, astronauts, planets; if it's in space then you can make it."
The classroom cheered with excitement. Mia's eyes lit up, all of her ideas were bursting from her head. She knew exactly what she was going to make.

Chapter 2

Unfortunately, Pookey had been left at home while Mia attended school. The last time she snuck him into school, the school janitor's cat almost gobbled him up whole. Although Pookey staying at home was for the best, he did sulk a little when Mia told him about all the fun she had had. Pookey was trying to entertain himself in Mia's bedroom. The days seemed long for him and the only company he had was the soft toys that sat by the doll's house until…..

Pookey The Mousepig and Pookey The Mousepig In The Backyard Rainforest are available for download now at Amazon

Hi, I'm Pookey.

Hi, I'm Pookey The Mousepig. 

You can read about my adventures in my new books. Pookey The Mousepig and Pookey The Mousepig The Backyard Rainforest. Look at the tabs on the top and read through the free previews.

New Blog for New Authors.

Help to promote your work with this blog.

A sister site has been created for all of you who have written adult literature as well as children's books.

New Book Authors is still a work in progress. I am aiming to keep it to the same format and layout as this site. Please feel free to leave comments or suggestions.

Thank you.

New Book in Progress

Sneak Peak!!!

A special sneak peak for all my blog viewers. Hope you enjoy.

The new book to accompany the Pookey The Mousepig series. I'm sure you can guess from the front cover and title, what the story is about.

I am hoping to publish the story by the end of April. Expect to see it on amazon soon......

Any comments are extremely welcome. 

Discounts on Lulu.com

I have just recieved an e-mail from lulu.com explaining how they are providing further discounts to all of the books on their web-site.

My books are available on lulu.com in paperback format with full colour illustrations:

Pregnancy Diaries One Man's Perspective
Pookey The Mousepig

Advertising Ideas for your Book

Advertising Ideas

There is so many marketing options out there. Which ones are the way to go? Which ones work and which ones don't?

My main concern when thinking about advertising my book, is the costs. In a previous post, I touched on the idea of following up on free promotional adverts using Facebook. I have found that most company's will provide some sort of discount when you register with their site.

For example, I have signed up with vistaprint.co.uk and they instantly e-mailed me offers and discounts. They provided me with the opportunity to create a t-shirt for free. All I had to pay for was the post and packaging. A mere £3.06. I jumped at the chance. Walking around wearing a t-shirt with my book details on it might be a bit cringe-worthy, but for £3 I thought of it as a cheap promotional stunt. I will wear it whenever I go to the shops or places I know people will be interested, basically children's parties or play areas etc. I am always taking my 3 year old to these sorts of places, so even if nobody approaches me to ask about the book, the name is getting seen.

Another option vistaprint offered was the chance to create a car door magnet (also for free). Again all I had to pay was the post and packaging. I created it with the easy to use on-line creation tools and I was away. The magnet is a quicker way for the book to be seen around town. I stick it to my car door wherever I go. The layout is very simple, just the name of the book and where to download from. I am advertising my book while I am driving, all I had to pay for was the postage costs. 

These are simple and cheap ways to promote your book. They may not work all that well, but I believe having the books name out there being viewed in public can familiarise the product with people. The beauty of it is, that if a person was to see the advert on my car door, then arrive at home and coincidentally log on to amazon, there is a chance they see the book and through familiarity click on the book to buy. The exact purpose of an advert is to make products familiar to the public and create a sub-conscious awareness of the product. Being familiar with a product is key. The more you see a product, whether you like it or not, you are more likely to think of that product when searching for a similar item.