If you're writing in the
action/adventure genre, you should know my friend Wayne. He's not
only a writer, he's also a key influencer.
Over the past three decades, Wayne
assembled one of the world's top collections dedicated to the books
of one best-selling author and his co-writers. He co-founded a
worldwide collector's society and has organized annual conventions
that enable big-time fans to meet those authors.
In the process he's befriended many of
the top names in the genre. They sometimes use Wayne as a sounding
board, and to spread the word on upcoming releases.
A few weeks ago I suggested that Wayne
might volunteer to moderate the forum on one co-writer's website.
Wayne emailed back that he'd gotten a green light to moderate the
forum, and also learned some big news.
The main author had picked a new
co-writer for a spinoff series. That writer's name was new to me, so
I searched for his website.
His site was most informative—giving
me the covers and promotional descriptions for his half-dozen
published novels—plus interesting biographical information, FAQs,
and some articles. This writer meant business.
Better yet, I'd timed my visit to his
website perfectly. Besides an excerpt from his latest novel, he was
offering for the next two days a free download of the complete book.
I downloaded it, started reading, and
had to force myself to stop. As a regular participant in the
collector society chat group, I knew dozens of others who'd also want
to experience this author's work. So I sent an email alerting them to
this opportunity.
And so the word spreads.
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