August 6
Albert Wisecat seen here with his chief consort, Mitzi French in a more relaxed moment. |
Albert Wisecat refuses to back down in his demands for a complete rewrite of Alligators Overhead. He went on record as saying, “Either she does a rewrite or we continue in our demands for this book to be banned.”
Champion of the Undercat might be amenable to author’s tuna offer. |
The author, C. Lee McKenzie is holding her ground and refusing to bow to the pressure. “I’ve featured cats in both of my previous books. It’s time for a change. I will not give in to their demands.” She did offer to ease their pain and suffering by donating a case of dolphin safe tuna to the next Feline Familiar Conference. Champion of the Under Cat, aka Sly, agreed to take the offer to his constituents.
Meanwhile, the author is continuing in her book launch. She optimistically stated, “I’m sure the Feline Familiars will come to their senses and agree to stop this protest.”
In an effort to overcome the mounting negative publicity, C. Lee Mckenzie is posting helpful hints on things she learned while preparing to launch this most recent and most controversial book.
“One thing about doing a book launch is you learn a lot and meet a lot of people who are willing to help you out. Here are a few things I’ve learned,” she said during our interview.
- Ask for “help-advice”when you need it.
- Listen and take any ‘help-advice” from those who are successful launching their books.
- Don’t rush. You’re going to make a lot of mistakes anyway and rushing only increases the number of mistakes.
- Organize your hop or your tour or your whatever. Linky is a good way to do that. It collects all the participants and their contact information in one place.
- Have all your links and your posts as complete as possible, so you don’t have to send additional information later. I know I like setting my posts up ahead of schedule, so it saves time if I only have to do that once for each post.
- Remember, this is a network, so help others when they need it.
- Once your guest post is up, visit that page, tweet, post the link on fb and respond to the comments. That interaction helps you and your host. It widens your network of bloggers and readers.
- Above all, enjoy the beejeebers out this event.
Empty Nest Insider says
This was very clever! You've really made your book tour fun, and I know it will continue! Julie
Lynda R Young says
Don't rush is the best advice.
And lol at the cats. We've got to keep an eye on those crafty critters.
Adrianne Russell says
Cats are so fickle. Mine are terrible editors to boot. Great advice here!
Lexa Cain says
"Above all, enjoy the beejeebers out this event."
This one sounds the best to me, and it seems like that's exactly what you're doing! 🙂
Medeia Sharif says
This reminds me that my cats are plotting against me.
Kelly Polark says
Puuurrrrfect. 🙂
Those Feline Familiars are CATTY!
Gene Pool Diva says
Alligator snack? Hmm, Alex may be on to something.
Cecilia Robert says
Wow, the Feline Familiars are quite a stubborn group, eh? Oh, accepting change is never easy. I love the two posts. Look forward to the next update. "Champion of the Undercat"..LOVE IT!
Jennifer R. Hubbard says
*slips cats a piece of string to distract them*
Beverly Stowe McClure says
Cats can be demanding. Don't give in or they'll always expect to get their way.
Carrie Butler says
Hah! These cat posts kill me. 🙂 Just let me know when/if you want to take over SYAW!
Catherine Stine says
All good tips! You're on my blog this WED!
Darby Karchut says
You gotta love those felines. I'm all giddy to be part of your book tour, my friend. And my review of Alligators is all ready to go whenever you want me to post it.
KarenG says
Great tips! And i love your cover. It makes me want to read the book.
Ink in the Book says
Poohy! I missed the linky sign up:( But I loved the help-advice and will be storing the info for future reference:)
Southpaw says
Cats are very persistence when they want something. I agree with Jemi, try some tuna.
C. Lee McKenzie says
@Alex, you've given me an idea!
@E. J. I love cat-astrophic!
@Jemi Let's hope
@Kelly Thanks. They are being quite the bullies.
Thanks all.
Kelly Hashway says
I love this! Don't let those cats bully you. 🙂
Jemi Fraser says
Those cats aren't going away! Maybe the tuna will help… 🙂
E.J. Wesley says
Loving these cat-astrophic posts, CL! 🙂 Also really appreciate your tips on book launching. Hip deep in plotting out my own, and I need all the pointers I can get. 🙂
Alex J. Cavanaugh says
That's what I've learned as well.
Tell that cats if they don't back down, you will put one in your book – as an alligator snack!