Sometimes it’s difficult to convince new-to-me readers that they should give me and my feel-good-fiction books a try. It’s a common problem for indie authors. One way I do get people to give my books a try is by sharing my first chapter for FREE. Rather than post it online as text, I share these first chapters in read aloud videos on YouTube. This way I can also tell people about all the fun behind the scenes facts about my inspiration for the story. I love so many aspects of this meet-the-author/book-tasting strategy, but my favorite part is that I get to read my books aloud, with the tone, inflection and voice in the way I intended for the reader to experience it. I don’t want to be dramatic, but it takes my book sharing efforts to a whole new level… at least I think so!

I’m sharing these first chapter read aloud videos in this week’s blog post so you can check them out. Maybe you are one of those new-to-me readers… and you want to give one of my books a try. Maybe you are already one of my loyal readers, but in the pandemic you lost track of my newest publications and want to listen to chapter one of a book you haven’t read. Or maybe you are an author and you want to check out this strategy in action so you can try it out yourself. No matter why you’re here or what you’re looking for, happy listening! I hope you love what you hear.

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