Norcross Writers Meeting

Hello Scribblers!

This Thursday we have our normal Norcross Scribblers meeting.  We have a lot to go over, as we prepare for the December 1, 2018 book signing at Newsong Church.

Hopefully you have seen the advertisement placed in the "Places To Go, Things to Do" in the Hometown News.  We will talk about getting out to our Sphere of Influence over the next two weeks, to see how many folks we can encourage to come to the church for the book signing.

Also, in conversations with both Rodney of Best Seller Management, and with my publisher, the importance of getting book reviews up on the Amazon site was stressed.  Also, there is real value in being a certified buyer of the book when you leave a review.  I am think of a program designed for each of us to get each other to leave certified buyer reviews.  More on that when we are together but here is the outline:
1) We each commit to buying 1 book on Amazon from one of the Scribbler Authors.  
     a) That will produce both a spike in the books position in the Amazon software, and then we will each leave one review for one author every month. 
     b)  This will mean we are each committing about $15 - 20 each month to buy an authors book, and then the time to read and review the book.  
     c) But we should get $5 - 10 back from Amazon or our publisher in royalties from the sales that are occurring each month as well.
     d) If enough of us are doing this, it should mean each month you will have at least one sale registering with Amazon, 
      e) and by the end of a year, we will have sold 12 books, left review for 12 books, and bought 12 books.   Anyway, I am really interested in seeing how this might raise our authors awareness to the Amazon API (software systems).

I would like to spend time thinking through the resources we can get to help support our chapters.  Right now we have three paying resources, and that covered the October fee for the web site and also helped defray the cost of the November advertising in Hometown news for the book signing.   I would like to get another 7 resources, so that they will cover both the monthly fees for the website, and the monthly advertisements we are doing.  I am interested also in find us all good resources we can use for our books.  For instance, editors, cover designers, graphic artists, website creators, etc.  If you know of anyone you have worked with that I could speak to about being a resource please let me know.  I plan to speak to the Restaurant we are meeting in each month about being a resource for us as well.  That may entail us leaving a food review on yelp, but more on that after I meet with them.

I want to review everyone's schedule for December.  The third Thursday in December is December 20th.  And the 4th Wednesday is December 26th. (Day after Christmas).  Will you be available for the meetings at your respective chapters if we hold to those dates?  I need to know, so I can confirm everything with both the restaurant in Decatur and for the Hometown News for the advertisements.  It is my hope that the December meetings will also be a bit of a Christmas celebration for us.  2018 is the third Christmas for Norcross Scribblers and the first Christmas for the Decatur Scribblers.  We have so much to be grateful for and to celebrate. 

A big "Thank you" for all who came out to support Mike and Leda Owens last Friday at their Book Signing at Southern Pen.  My network of folks said that the weather was terrible last Friday in Atlanta, so many thanks to those who made the extra effort.  I did speak to Mike and he sold a number of books, and was in good spirits about the signing.

Please remember that I have a book signing at the same store this Saturday from 10:30 - 2:00 PM.  Any visitors would be greeted warmly! 

Finally, be writing down who you will be approaching to attend our book signing event at Newsong on Saturday December 1st.

I look forward to seeing everyone this Thursday. 

Grace and Peace,
Charles