Billet doux

Hi there!

I'm broadcasting today from the hottest town in the world.

I bet you thought hot = sexy, right?

Nah!... Summer didn't even start yet and we're facing 40ºC! If you can't spend your day at the beach, it's brutal!

Thank God for the air conditioner!

But today's inspiration is hot. Hot = sexy. I love to mix and match...


Yesterday evening Huff Post sent me a note about a controversy with a Teacher and her novel. If Huff post tells me to read something, I do. I hate to disappoint them. Of course I clicked and BAM!  

I'm in love!

Schooled is such a funny, sexy, nice entertainement! That's what I wanted my Friendship of a special kind to be.

I'm loving it. Am on chappy seven and devourng it. It's just like Fifty Shades of Grey only... fun!



It brought to my mind (Don´t now why...) a movie I used to watch when I was a teenager... A Secret Admirer who sent billet doux to the loved one and said note was read by several people causing a comotion... Lovely chick flick... 

So, since it's Wednesday and I'm in love with a book, what more enticing than love letters?
See how I played with words? Letters in the book, letters by mail... I'm such a genius! :P

des Billets Doux

 A sexy name for such a thrill... It can be cute, loving, sexy, naughty...

I'm now on the unhappy task of editing my new story - can I say 'novel'? *grin* - and it's all about naughty and sexy and loving.... 

And there are some billet doux involved.

A sneak peek?

This billet doux starts such a problem...

And a Friendship of a special kind love letter?

Sexy love notes and teasing by phone...

 And from Schooled ?

Very enticing, right? Am loving this book.

How about some famous love letters ?

A #1, a#4, a 2-2-7, then 8-10-3-3-9...

I believe I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky...

WHO could resist this???

A little less conversation, A LOT MORE action, please...

 

Inspiration enough? Maybe some Mr D too?

Mr D is THE MAN!

 

Now you know what to ask Santa to bring you in two weeks, don't ya?

 

bj

Disclaimer:
I found this amazing site with the original famous love letters I posted here. Check it.
Mr Presley's billet doux is here.
If you want some nice stationary to pen your own love, check this one out.
Images found on Google, I only put someone else's words to paper.
Dear  Mrs Bright, I'm loving your book. Sorry if I spoiled some of the delicious Janelle+Briggs texts.

Promoting Friendship of a special kind

hi there!

I've been busy working, taking care of my family, having fun with friends and promoting my first book 'Friendship of a special kind'.

Well, not exactly like this...

Let me tell you, it´s not an easy feat.

Maybe this would help. Would you listen to Elvis?

It's not so simple and for one who, like me, self published and don't want to spend big cash it's a bit frustrating. It was said that I should collect as many reviews on Amazon as possible, reviews sell the book. To get reviews people need to buy and read the book, then write a review. But to buy they need to read a review. See? Not so simple, it´s a wheel. So I discovered sites who publish reviews for free if you submit your books to them. Not as simple as it may look like. Most sites where I could enlist my book for reviewing are closed at the moment, except for Borboleta que lê and Savvy Books. And it doesn't necessarily mean that they'll publish a review.

Also I got a warm welcoming from Bloggerdise, Ask David and BookDaily. I enlisted 'Foask' on these sites, and tried a few more. Some were easy enough like Goodreads and Skoob. These last ones are more like social networks than promoting engines, maybe that's why. I'm all for making more friends and talking books, that1s how I started this writing business!

Facebook wants to accuse me of spamming - I may have accidentaly done it. Sorry. I'm just very happy to have accomplished this and I want to tell everybody. It's a thrill to have put to paper the story that looped in my head for ages, to feel the words gaining life and finding their own way on my text app, the characters developing a personality - and how strong their personalities are!

I got some sweet reviews on Fb saying that the reader feels like eavesdropping on Darcy and Lizzy, it's like they communicate with the reader. Aww... that's nice! 

There is this kitchen scene, more than once... Ah... the Boston weekend!

Some parts I don´t even remember plotting. It's like Darcy and Lizzy were talking through me. Scary? I say: FUN! I loved writing it, didn't love as much the editing part but adored the posting & publishing. Now the promoting... urgh!

Promote on line IS frustrating! Urgh!

The promoting tips I got advising me to print post cards and spread around are nice but... I don't think it's my target audience. First because here in Brasil we speak Portuguese and Foask is in English. Then, well... not the kind of promoting I'd like to do.

Don't ask me what kind of promoting I'd like to do. 
I don't know. 
The free kind. 
The easy kind. 
The kind that puts a smile on people's faces when they read the blurb and think 'Yeah, I'd like to fly with these characters and have some fun too!...'

BTW, here´s the official blurb. (haha, official!)

   A Pride and Prejudice inspired romance novel; sexy, naughty and touching.
   Elizabeth Bennett has already suffered a lot of heartache - too much in her point of view - by her early thirties. Therefore, she avoids relationships and most of all, commitment.
   William Darcy would rather spend his time and efforts working on his family's company than engaging on angst filled relationships.
   When these two stubborn, sexy and handsome people meet they want the same thing: simply a good time. But what happens when he falls in love with her? How hard will he have to work to persuade her to love again?
   "It is a truth universally acknowledged, as well as feared, that fate has its twisted ways to dispose of our lives." 
   A novel inspired by Jane Austen's unforgettable characters and their struggle to get together, here in a modern setting where they struggle to keep together. With a Brazilian zest to them. It was said that they were too forward, that Darcy would never give Lizzy a kiss on the cheek on the second time they met. Or that Lizzy wouldn´t drink beer, but wine. Well… these D&E have a zest of Brazil. Why not?
   So they are forward and a bit naughty sometimes. Darcy hacks into her IPhone so he can keep in touch while Lizzy is only interested in Darcy as a one night stand.
   It´s not a retelling, it´s a P&P inspired story.
   For mature audiences. Adult content, explicit language.


Of course I'll handle some copies as giveaways, some copies to local libraries and all, but I'd like to promote it before I get the paperbacks...


Well, I´ll keep trying and later I'll report again.


This is Moira, reporting live from Frustated Ville. 
Roger.

  Disclaimer: Amazing book cover: mine; babbling: mine, other pics: Google.