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“Sightlines: A Family Love Story in Poetry and Music” reviewed by Yvonne Perry at Authors Den
Read Yvonne Perry’s (Writer in the Sky) review of “Sightlines: A Family Love Story in Poetry and Music” on Authors Den....
Women’s Memoirs Launches with New Look!
Kendra Bonnett and Matilda Butler continue to amaze me with their jaw-dropping array of fascinating products and activities. Look on the right margin for their activities and then on the far right for their seven (yes, seven!) blogs. You can see for ...
Blog Tour Round-Up
Carol Cole Lewis hosts a wrap-up of Janet’s 2-month blog tour. What did she learn? Experience? Wonderful video here Carol made....
Sightlines Blog Tour Week 9 & Reviews for “Sightlines” audio book
Week Nine July 27-31 Here we are at the 9th and last week of the Internet tour for “Sightlines: A Family Love Story in Poetry and Music” audio book. It’s been a grand adventure that those of you following and dipping into it have en...
WITS reviews “Sightlines: A Family Love Story in Poetry and Music”
Sarah Moore reviews “Sightlines: A Family Love Story in Poetry and Music” on Writers in the Sky’s e-zine. Here’s an excerpt from Sarah’s review: Each moment of the CDs is filled with warmth, humor, and a deep connection ...
Sightlines Blog Tour Week 8 and Featured Video: Licensing & Copyrighting with Greg McNey
Week Eight July 20-24 This is the next-to-last week of the Sightlines blog tour. Watch the featured video with guest Greg McNey (see full story), an expert on licensing and copyrighting. Comment on the video and win a chance for a free copy of “...
Suzy Bogguss joins Sightlines Blog Tour Week 7 & Featured Video: Stage 7 (celebration)
Week Seven July 13-17 Suzy Bogguss, my cousin, joins us this week from Nashville on our featured video. Find out how Suzy responded to “Sightlines: A Family Love Story in Poetry and Music.” Week seven marks the last three weeks of the Sig...
Sightlines Blog Tour Week 6 & Featured Video: Stages 6 (Production & Marketing) & 7 (Celebrate)
Leave a comment about the video and you’ll have a chance to win a FREE copy of our audio book “Sightlines: A Family Love Story in Poetry and Music”. Week Six July 6-10 July 6 Molly Lundquist welcomes Janet for a guest post, review, ...
Riehl on WITS Podcast: Internet Marketing & How to make an audio book
Three years ago I was one of Yvonne Perry’s Writers in the Sky podcasts shortly after the publication of “Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary.” Today Yvonne and I chat again on her podcast about “Sightlines: A Family Love Story i...
“Mama’s Suitcase” Slide Show by Carol Cole Lewis
Carol created this slide show from family archival photos I sent her. These photos play over my reading of “Mama’s Suitcase” from “Sightlines: A Family Love Story in Poetry and Music.”...
Sightlines Blog Tour Week 5 & Featured Video: Stages 4 (legal) & 5 (production)
FREE AUDIO BOOK! Leave a comment on this week’s featured video and become eligible for winning a free copy of “Sightlines: A Family Love Story in Poetry and Music.” Janet will run a raffle using random numbers among the comments. Wo...
Book Raves for “Sightlines: A Family Love Story in Poetry and Music.”
Kendra Bonnett reviews “Sightlines: A Family Love Story in Poetry and Music” on Women’s Memoirs Book Raves. Here’s an excerpt from her review: Although Sightlines is very personal, the reader is not left outside to be a distan...
Sightlines Blog Tour Week 4 & Featured Video: Stages 2 (editing) & 3 (technical)
Week Four June 22-26 We’re into week four now, with 1/3 of the tour completed. Thanks for those of you following the tour. Go to Eden’s site for this week’s TREASURE HUNT CLUE. Then, contact Janet with the answer to win a FREE copy ...
Sightlines Blog Tour Week 3 & Featured Video. Stage 1: Recording your audiobook.
Week Three June 15-19 17 Sharman Apt Russell interviews Janet on the themes of love, place, and meaning at http://loveofplace.blogspot.com, a group blog celebrating place and a greater relationship and intimacy with the natural world. She lives in S...
Sightlines Blog Tour Week Two & Featured Video; Studio Tour & Working Process
Week Two June 8-12 9 Claire Applewhite interviews Janet on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Book Blog where Claire is a contributing writer. Claire’s most recent and fifth release is The Wrong Side of Memphis, a noir mystery novel. Claire and I are bot...
CHECK OUT: Explore Bookstore top tab to learn more about Sightlines audio book blog tour
I’ve expanded the information for “Sightlines: A Family Love Story in Poetry and Music.” Look under the top tab for BOOKSTORE. You’ll see: FOLLOW THE BLOG TOUR Consult the calendar for all 18 stops in June and July. There are...
Sightlines Blog Tour Video #8: Interviews with Greg McNey (stage 4, legal) & Yvonne Perry
Title: CD Launch Dinner part 7 Description: Interview with Greg McNey who makes the licensing and copyright phase crystal clear. Watch for Yvonne Perry coming in around 7:25 marker. Yvonne owns the writing service “Writers in the Sky” (WITS). Yv...
Sightlines Blog Tour Video #7: Interview with Suzy Bogguss at Launch Dinner
Title: CD launch dinner Part 6 (featuring Suzy Bogguss) Description: Stage 7, celebration: launch dinner at Sportsman Grille and Lodge. Janet reads Pop’s “I.M.A. Fox” that goes with his fox carving he sent as a gift. Interview with Cousin Suzy...
Sightlines Blog Tour Video #6: Stage 6 (Production & Marketing) & Stage 7 (Celebrate)
Title: Interview with Scott Kidd Part 5 Description: Stage 6: Production and Marketing. The product arrives: 50 boxes contained 20 audio books. What to do? Janet stacks them in the corner of her upstairs office (the “Cowboy Room”) at Pop’s hous...
Sightlines Blog Tour Video #5: Stage 4 (legal) & Stage 5 (production)
Title: Interview with Scott Kidd Part 4. Description: Stages 4 & 5 Legal work (licensing and copyrights) and Production. Greg McNey enters the project. Scott and Janet choose Discmasters as the company to produce the physical prodct…1,000 cop...
Sightlines Blog Tour Video #4: Stage 2 (editing) & Stage 3 (technical)
Title: Interview with Scott Kidd, part 3 Description: Stages 2 & 3, editing and technical (disc numbering and mastering) How Janet went from clueless on how to produce an audio book and started doing it. Topics:1) Further into a description of ...
Sightlines Blog Tour Video #3: Stage 1–Recording
Title: Introduction & Studio Part 2 Description: Recording begins, stage 1. Janet and Scott continue chatting about 1) How Scott eased Janet’s initial terror; More detailed information on his studio set up; 3) working process of their 2-day (...
Sightlines blog tour video #1: Getting Ready to Go–Nashville Launch Dinner
Title: Sightlines Audio Book Description: Ready to go. Janet gets ready for Sightlines audio book launch party in Nashville, Tennessee with Suzy Bogguss—Nashville music star—as special guest. Length: 2:33 minutes. Videographer: Ria Sharon...
