Let Me Digress

Romance, Romance Book, Romance Novel, Fiction, Writers, Writing, Publishing, Self Publishing That's what my wife and I do. We are a husband and wife team writing and publishing women's fiction. Get better acquainted with the fiction on www.annierogers.com. On this blog I will ramble and digress about our work, our thoughts and the adventure of publishing. We also want to hear from you so we can exchange views. We hope you find it interesting and will join us.

About Me

Name: Roger

Location: St. Michaels, Maryland, United States

Almost anything gets old. New projects keep me interested and that includes writing/publishing. I've been involved in the reform movement of the sixties,clinical psychology, specialty travel, overseas ventures, national stepfamily awareness, parenting, and marriage (twice). That's the short list. Now its women's fiction and associated publishing. That's my wife, Mala, in the picture with me. She writes under the name Annie Rogers. She'll chime in here from time to time. Come take a look at what we are doing in women's fiction at www.annierogers.com

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Gee, now I feel like a real publisher. Or is it a publicist? I sent my first press release all on my own yesterday. The nice folks at PRNewswire sent our magnificently written missile to everyone in the world. It went "on the wire" at 3:42 P.M. Wow!
I had it ready to go on Friday but decided not to send it the Frioday before a big holiday weekend. I know what I do on the day before a big weekend. I want my desk cleared and so I pitch things I might not otherwise pitch.
I know it would have been better to get it out sooner but it wasn't ready and then there was the holiday. But this morning my Google Alert had already picked up its presence on Yahoo! Finance News.
I wonder what a car dealership does with such a press release. I say that because I assume that it may have gone to car dealerships along with organic food stores. Massage parlors? Probably not. Can't hurt.
What was nice about it was that we actually could send a press release since we had won an award. Now we were not just another novel some fool took the time to write for whatever reason. We are award winners and have something to shout about.
I can't wait to see what Google Alerts brings us today.