A little about who I am:
My earliest reading memories are from grade school. I had a major fixation with horses, and the Black Stallion was a favorite. Then
junior high came along and teenage hormones kicked in, and it was all about the Harlequin Romances. I have been hooked on
books ever since.
I have a degree in Marketing and Business along with years of sales and customer service
experience. I believe my greatest talent is thinking outside the box to find tools and ideas to improve a product’s market place position. I have taken this degree, experience and tenacity and focused it on the publishing industry to assist authors in becoming as
successful as possible.
I created Innovative Online Book Tours in 2012, and I utilize that knowledge and the company’s many connections and resources in
tandem with Author & Reader Con’s. The two companies mesh so well together, much like PB&J.
In a nutshell, I organize online book tours; I do a variety of publicist activities for authors and I also Organize 2 national author conventions.
I have designed the conventions to emulate what I experience as the best parts of conventions I have attended, from both the
authors and readers points of view. I am open to all suggestions and willing to make adjustments as we go so that we have the best
convention possible.
I would like to offer panels at the conventions that appeal to both readers and authors. There are also nightly socials events so we
can mingle and kick our heels up. Of course much of this evolves as the convention is built and authors and publisher join in and
request events that they would like to be involved in.
Publishers: If you are interested in talking with authors and taking pitches, I offer a boardroom style setting for sponsors to use and
schedule as they see fit for an hour to be scheduled into the itinerary.
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