"On the Road" with a Virtual Tour of Blogs: Love Ya Like a Sister

OK, so Love Ya Like a Sister is touring the "blogosphere"--a word almost as cool as "bathysphere."

The purpose of this blog post to to provide the background information.

A young adult fiction group agreed to organize a free blog book tour for me. I'll provide more information later about this group if permission is received. The bloggers are mostly young adults--in fact, mostly young women in their teens and twenties. I suppose this makes sense, young avid readers growing up in the information age, users of technology.

Here is my tour:

• Monday, March 14: Lindsay at Just Another Book Addict (In His Own Words) 
• Tuesday, March 15: Bianca at Nyxen’s Adventure (Review) 
• Wednesday, March 16: Britta at I Like These Books (Tens List)
•  Thursday, March 17: Missy at Missy’s Reads and Reviews (Review) 
• Friday, March 18: Jessica at A Fanatic’s Book Blog (Author Interview)
•  Saturday, March 19: Lisa at Baffled Books (Review)
•  Monday, March 21: Sarah at Sarah’s Random Musings (Teenage Garage Sale) 
• Tuesday, March 22: Sarah at Sarah’s Random Musings (Review) 
• Wednesday, March 23: Katryna at Books Are Dreams (Character Interview: Randy) 
• Thursday, March 24: Katie at Mundie Moms (Review) 
• Friday, March 25: Katie at Mundie Moms (This or That?)
•  Saturday, March 26: Katryna at Books Are Dreams (Review) 
• Monday, March 28: Lisa at Baffled Books (Into The Past) 
• Tuesday, March 29: Britta at I Like These Books (Review) 
• Wednesday, March 30: Missy at Missy’s Reads and Reviews (Author Interview)
•  Thursday, March 31: Jessica at A Fanatic’s Book Blog (Review) 
• Friday, April 1: Bianca at Nyxen’s Adventure (Tens List) 
• Saturday, April 2:  Lindsay at Just Another Book Addict (Review)

I've been preparing for the tour by submitting material to my tour coordinator: information about myself (which I structured as a multiple choice quiz), ten books significant to my life (with comments), interview questions about the writing of the novel, and so on. I've also sent on jpegs for my "garage sale," such as a photo of the Austin Healey I owned in my first year of college and a photo of me at age eighteen.

 I'm not done yet--I've sent out info for the first five "specials" and also copies of the novel. 

Of course, I'm immensely interested in the reviews--but experienced enough to not hang my heart on the sharp tip of another writer's quill. One of my students was reading my novel today and showed another student a section. They seemed to be enjoying themselves, and that was a good moment for me. 

I'll post regularly about the process. Check here or "like" my Facebook writing page, since I post there all things writing. 

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