A twist in my blog..........

For my current followers, I know my blog is geared towards bilingual and book publishing themes and I will not stray too much from that I promise. However, I was told that the use of blogs to form a circle of online "friends" or like people is what makes them most effective. Well, here is something I just need to share in hopes of healing through sharing. On Monday, while out of town celebrating our 12yr anniversary, I miscarried our second child at 10wks. This is my fist miscarriage and it hit hard. I have had some time to put things more into perspective and to simply accept that it just wasn't meant to be. I look at my 2yr old son and it helps me appreicate what I have as well as to remind me that it is possible..........just wasn't this time. Anyone of you have advice or been through this? My apologies if this isn't what you expected from my blog.

Good advice I am following

A friend forwarded me this link http://mashable.com/2009/05/08/twitter-authors/ and it contained some great advice -- I can't just focus on my book and not offer other info that can help others. I am switching gears. Being so new at this, sometimes the focus is lost but I am back on track. For anyone intersted, I spent close to a year doing research regarding self-publishing or not. I found someone to help me on Elance (www.elance.com) - Michael McGuire. He is like my coach or agent in that he helped me find a publisher and helps me with marketing which is the hardest part of selling books. Michael then introduced me to GMBooks who published my book at a very affordable price. The commission split is also so reasonable -- just means the hard work is in marketing. If you are not willing to put the effort in marketing yourself -- don't bother self-publishing. You'll waste your money. Hope this helps :-)

Need help publishing a book?

I am willing to help anyone that is looking for some guidance when it comes to self-publishing a book. There are many options out there so it can be overwhelming -- I have done it and can at least help with the pros/cons I experienced as well as provide some leads at no cost. Just ask!

Other blogs on my book

Here is an archived blog on my book. Thank you Josh for the posting. He has a great blog site about raising bilingual children. Check it out. Let me know if you have seen any others. http://mybilingualkid.blogspot.com/2008_12_01_archive.html

How to gain followers??

Being my first blog site, I am trying to figure out how to generate followers. If you happen to find this blog site and have ideas, please let me know. Also, include how you found it!

Thanks! K

Controversy -- an interview that was published.

Look at what it takes to get noticed..........a controversial angle. Check out a published article after an interview I had to create publicity. Amazing what it takes to get noticed and ultimately sell books. http://www.pr.com/press-release/141913

What are your thoughts on this article? Do you agree or does this infuriate you? I really do want to know.

My First Blog Site

This is my first blog site attempt. Hoping to get the hang of this so that I can keep people interested updated as well as to get constructive feedback. Keep in mind, I just had my first bilingual children's book published some months back and I am working hard marketing it. Check it out here http://www.kaylindanord.com/. Let me know what you think of the website.