• Author Marketing,  New Writer Tips

    Happy Birthday #14 Marketing for Romance Writers #MFRWauthor @MFRW_ORG #RLFblog #Authors

    Happy Birthday #14 Marketing for Romance Writers #MFRWauthor @MFRW_ORG #RLFblog #AuthorsKayelle Allen here. Marketing for Romance Writers started in 2006 and is still going strong. All services and membership are free.

    It began because, like all my friends, I was promoting, learning more about promoting, and asking friends about promoting. All the ins and outs of book marketing were starting to gel and I was beginning to understand the overall concept. Even so, I had a constant list of questions. Facebook was two years old. Twitter had been founded that year. Pinterest and Instagram were four years away. How was I supposed to promote on social media? Did I need a blog?

    So many questions

    My friends all had the same questions, and we would email each other and ask. Often, I’d get the same question several times in a row. I found myself going back to my “sent” file to copy an answer and resend it. I was asking questions myself, plus I took time to go find an answer if someone asked and I didn’t know. Eventually, I got more and more questions.

    It was Halloween, and I was busy with all sorts of details of writing, and I got the same question from two different people. I remember thinking that there had to be an easier way to do this. I needed a way to let everyone know what I’d discovered at the same time, and if I had a question, get an answer from someone who knew. Yahoo Groups was established and well-used, so I decided to create one that all of my friends and I could use together. We could post a question there, and anyone who knew the answer could reply.Happy Birthday #14 Marketing for Romance Writers #MFRWauthor @MFRW_ORG #RLFblog #Authors

    I set it up as Marketing for Romance Writers because that’s what all of us were at the time. Our current members are not all romance writers, however. They come from all genres. Looking back, I’ve often wished I’d named it Marketing for Every Writer. Of course, then the initials would have been MEW vs MFRW and our symbol might have been a black cat!

    In 2006, we had 12 members. Fourteen years later, we’re in the thousands. We now meet on IO Groups and our staff of volunteers produces a monthly magazine. We coordinate multiple blog hops to bring traffic to member websites, including Book Hooks and MFRWsteam.

    About MFRW

     

    Marketing for Romance Writers is a peer-oriented mentoring group open to the entire literary community. Ask your marketing-related questions, or request help, advice, or opinions. You can learn how to create a professional image and use it effectively, as well as ask for opportunities to join other authors in promotional efforts. You can learn the business aspects of writing.

    News about pitch sessions and calls for submission are posted on the Yahoo group. As a member, you can attend exclusive, member-only pitch events with publishers. Members can attend free, online workshops and seminars.

    Marketing for Romance Writers is on most social media. The Twitter hashtags are #MFRWhooks #MFRWorg #MFRWauthor and #MFRWsteam, used for various weekly/monthly blog hops. See volunteers needed below for a chance to network while making a difference for fellow authors.

    Find and Join MFRW

    Marketing for Romance Writers IO Groups:
    Main https://marketingforromancewriters.groups.io/g/main
    Steam (Erotic) https://marketingforromancewriters.groups.io/g/steam
    MFRW Magazine https://newsstand.joomag.com/en?q=Marketing+for+Romance

    Marketing for Romance Writers Website http://marketingforromancewriters.org

    Marketing for Romance Writers News https://www.facebook.com/mfrworg

    Marketing for Romance Writers Promo https://www.facebook.com/groups/mfrwauthors/

    MFRW Triberr Tribes

    Books and Authors http://triberr.com/pages/tribe-overview.php?tid=31990
    Business of Writing http://triberr.com/pages/tribe-overview.php?tid=48112
    Erotic http://triberr.com/pages/tribe-overview.php?tid=40964
    LGBT http://triberr.com/pages/tribe-overview.php?tid=41440
    Mainstream http://triberr.com/pages/tribe-overview.php?tid=40921
    Sweets http://triberr.com/pages/tribe-overview.php?tid=40922

    MFRW Blogs & Hops

    MFRW Marketing http://mfrw.blogspot.com
    MFRW Author http://mfrw-authors.blogspot.com
    MFRW Book Hooks https://mfrwbookhooks.blogspot.com/
    MFRW 52 Week Challenge https://mfrw52week.blogspot.com/
    MFRW Steam http://mfrwsteam.blogspot.com

    Free Promotion for MFRW Members

    Follow us – we follow back.

    Pinterest http://www.pinterest.com/mfrworg/
    Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/161092-the-mfrw-book-place
    LinkedIn https://linkedin.com/company/marketing-for-romance-writers-organization/
    Twitter http://twitter.com/MFRW_ORG

    MFRW Volunteer Staff

    Kayelle Allen, Founder & Blog Coordinator https://kayelleallen.com
    Emerald, Facebook Coordinator http://www.TheGreenLightDistrict.org
    Mona Karel, Moderator http://mona-karel.com
    Rochelle Weber, Newsletter Publisher http://www.rochelleweber.com
    Barbara Donlon Bradley, Newsletter Editor http://www.barbaradonlonbradley.com
    Michelle Davis, Newsletter Editor https://twitter.com/michelle40768
    Tina Gayle, Twitter Promo & Blog Hop Coordinator http://www.tinagayle.net/home.html
    Kathryn R Blake, Blog Hop Coordinator http://www.kathrynrblake.com/
    Lisabet Sarai, Blog Hop Coordinator https://www.lisabetsarai.com/
    Alice Orr, Writing Tips Blogger https://aliceorrbooks.com
    Dee S Knight, Blog Hop Coordinator https://deesknight.com

    Volunteers Needed

    Goodreads Coordinator (posting books as requested) [edit: Fiona McGregor took on this role.]
    Twitter Coordinator (approving followers, sending tweets)
    Triberr Coordinator (approving blog posts within Triberr)
    Pinterest Coordinator (pinning covers)

    We currently need coordinator volunteers for these sites. Each position takes about an hour a week, average, and can be spread over several days. If you have experience in these areas and would like to volunteer, please contact us! main+owner@marketingforromancewriters.groups.io


    If you have questions about marketing your books, or you want to share an opportunity such as being a guest on your blog, join us. It’s okay to ask for guest spots too. The MFRW motto is “seek, teach, share, learn, succeed.” Services and membership are free.

    The Success Story

    Are you part of the Marketing for Romance Writers success story? Please share in the comments.

     

  • Free Book Friday

    #FreeBookFriday Kathryn R Blake @krbwrites plus 5 more authors Hot Free Books to read #RLFblog

    #FreeBookFriday Kathryn R Blake @krbwrites plus 5 more authors Hot Free Books to read #RLFblogIt’s #FreeBookFriday on RLFblog! Join us for a collection of free downloads and great books to read. All genres and heat levels. This week’s featured book is Arrested by Love by Kathryn R Blake. Bookmark this site so you don’t miss a thing.

    Books to Read on FreeBookFriday

    Each week, you’ll find free books to download and read. Some are straight up giveaways, some KindleUnlimited, others are Kindle Select, and some are free with newsletter sign up. Always a mix of genres and heat levels. These free deals may be limited in time, so please be sure to check prices before clicking the final buy button.

    When you sign up for a newsletter, you are signing up ONLY for that author’s newsletter, not a list of authors who will all then email you. You can unsubscribe at any time, however, please do not mark these emails as spam. When you sign up, you give your permission for the author to email you. Thank you, and enjoy the books!

    Arrested by Love by Kathryn R Blake

    She broke the law to catch a police officer. Only he caught her first, and then put her over his knee.
    Tiffany Morgan has been in love with Kyle Sinclair since she was ten years old. Now, eleven years later, Kyle, a patrol officer, is finding it difficult to maintain his distance from the irresistible and vivacious redhead who continues to invent ingenious ways to attract his interest. Though he dismissed her initial attraction as infatuation, as she grew-up, his own feelings of desire and protectiveness deepened. So, despite his constant struggle to resist the spirited little minx’s lures, Kyle has to finally admit that he is losing the battle–badly.
    That is until Tiffany’s attention-seeking pranks escalate to the point of endangering her life.
    Kyle is a firm supporter of law and order, and a man’s rightful dominion over the woman he loves. So, to make sure Tiffany understands and accepts his mastery when it comes to her safety and well-being, Kyle lays down the law, and his hand, with loving firmness. Tiffany will learn to obey, or else. Especially now that he’s decided she’ll be his wife.
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    Releasing Rage by Cynthia Sax#FreeBookFriday Cynthia Sax @krbwrites plus 5 more authors Hot Free Books to read #RLFblog

    Half Man. Half Machine. All Hers.
    Rage, the Humanoid Alliance’s most primitive cyborg, has two goals–kill all of the humans on his battle station and escape to the Homeland. The warrior has seen the darkness in others and in himself. He believes that’s all he’s been programmed to experience.
    Until he meets Joan.
    Joan, the battle station’s first female engineer, has one goal–survive long enough to help the big sexy cyborg plotting to kill her. Rage might not trust her but he wants her. She sees the passion in his eyes, the caring in his battle-worn hands, the gruff emotion in his voice.
    When Joan survives the unthinkable, Rage’s priorities are tested. Is there enough room in this cyborg’s heart for both love and revenge?
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    #FreeBookFriday Abbey MacMunn @krbwrites plus 5 more authors Hot Free Books to read #RLFblogFirst Bite by Abbey MacMunn

    When vampire-obsessed waitress Madison meets her very own dark prince, is she ready to make the ultimate sacrifice?

    Waitress Madison thought she knew everything there was to know about vampires, from researching unexplained sightings, to escaping from her going-nowhere life in the pages of romantic fiction. She even fantasized the mysterious—and super-hot—guy who visits the café every night might be her very own dark prince, waiting to whisk her away to his lair to have his wicked way with her.

    But when she finally plucks up the courage to talk to him, and the lines blur between fantasy and reality, is she ready to make the ultimate sacrifice?

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    Truth and Solace by Jana Richards#FreeBookFriday Jana Richards @krbwrites plus 5 more authors Hot Free Books to read #RLFblog

    The truth could destroy them. Or set them free.
    Maggie Lindquist left Solace Lake determined never to return. Circumstances have pulled her back and she’s helping to restore her family’s dilapidated fishing lodge. When she agreed to the plan she didn’t expect to have to work side by side with the man who abandoned her ten years earlier. She didn’t expect to like him, or want him ever again. But can she trust him as she once did?
    Luke Carlsson rushes home to tend to his ailing mother. Her lengthy illness means he needs to stay, at least temporarily. And to stay, he needs to work. Solace Lake Lodge offers him a job and an opportunity to work with the woman he’s never stopped loving. But the restoration is unleashing secrets hidden for decades and no one is left unscathed. Especially not Maggie and Luke, whose love needs to be resilient enough to forgive, and strong enough to build a future together.
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    #FreeBookFriday Ann Raina @krbwrites plus 5 more authors Hot Free Books to read #RLFblogThe Secretary’s Bodyguard by Ann Raina

    Ethan Mahoney loves his wife dearly and arranges for her to accompany him on his assignment as bodyguard of the Secretary of State to Colombia. The journey ends in a fiasco that leaves the secretary and his entourage stranded in the Colombian woods with terrorists on their heels, not knowing if they will survive and find their way back to civilization.

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    Endure, Illustrated Quotes of Pietas by Kayelle Allen#FreeBookFriday Kayelle Allen plus 5 more authors Hot Free Books to read #RLFblog

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