Finishing Touches!

I've just finished editing this little gem from a wonderful lady, Tessa Mauro.

Tessa Mauro is the founder of her team, The Paranormal Prowlers, which is based in Colorado. While out of her home state, she conducts solo investigations. Tessa has been a fan and a believer of the Paranormal since childhood and has been investigating it for the past several years.

Aside from being a paranormal investigator, Tessa has her own paranormal talk show Friday nights on worldwide radio, under the radio personality, DJ Prowla. Tessa spends her time between her two homes, in Colorado with her family and in North Carolina with her boyfriend and their two pets, Midnight the dog and Buttercup the cat.

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If you love tales of the paranormal, this book is for you.

Join paranormal investigator Tessa Mauro on this odd and spooky ghost tour as she shares and talks about some of her investigations. Read the results her team, The Paranormal Prowlers, have collected throughout several years of conducting investigations at paranormal hotspots scattered around the United States.

The Paranormal Prowlers conduct investigations with respect and do not use provocation such as you often see on TV shows.

Almost never … the one time that Tessa provoked at her favorite location—Tombstone—she ended up with an horrific attachment that stayed with her for over a month, changing her life forever.

Sit down, leave a light on and prepare to enjoy the delicious thrills that this book delivers.

Editing for Indies

When you start out writing you have the world at your fingertips. You, and you alone, decide what happens in your world and then you finish your book.

What comes next?

Your masterpiece is ready to face the world. Where do you begin? You do a little research and the whole process starts to snowball.

• Do I need an editor?
• What's a beta-reader?
• Who will proofread my book?
• How do I layout the book?
• Are the digital and paperback formats the same?
• Where can I find artwork or photographs for my book cover?
• Who will do my book cover for me?
• Where do I sell my book?
• What's a blurb?
• How do I even begin to market my book?

Answers

The answers to all these (and many more!) questions are to be found online. All the major online booksellers have excellent help pages and if you are prepared to wade through these, you will be able to get your masterpiece into your hands without having to spend a lot of money.

Marketing

After you have uploaded your masterpiece, you will most likely sit and watch the sales graphs - or as many new indie authors call them, the no-sales graphs - hoping that your book will suddenly take off and hit the bestseller lists.

What do you have to do to get the money to start rolling in?

• Increase your book's visibility - social media, blogs, advertising
• Tweak your book description - identify your readers and make sure your description fulfils their needs
• Make sure your book cover is the best it can be
• Research your tags to gain maximum exposure
• Ensure that your book is in an appropriate category and sub-category
• Ask for reviews

There are many other ways to help kick-start your book sales. Research - and lots of it - will help you get your marketing campaign up and running.

Keep up the marketing! There is so much competition out there that it is essential to keep coming up with fresh ideas.

It is possible to go it alone and if you are willing to put in the effort it can prove rewarding.

However,

If you find the process overwhelming and would like some help and advice drop me an email and I will be happy to talk to you about ways I can help - without breaking the bank!

Kim O'Shea

info@kimoshea.com