Comments on: Meet Cheryl Malandrinos

By: Cheryl Malandrinos

Cheryl Malandrinos — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:44:14 +0000

Aw, Elfie. You’re such a charmer.

By: JoElle

JoElle — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:29:36 +0000

Cheryl, you are one amazing woman!

Glad to see your interview featured here!

It was great!

~ JoElle

By: Cheryl Malandrinos

Cheryl Malandrinos — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:09:04 +0000

Anytime Vanessa. Didn’t I ever tell you that I’m my favorite subject? LOL!

By: VR Leavitt

VR Leavitt — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:06:21 +0000

Wow, great questions and responses. Thanks again for your time Cheryl! And thanks everybody else for stopping by.

By: Cheryl Malandrinos

Cheryl Malandrinos — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:18:25 +0000

Thanks for the support Nancy and Penny. Oh Penny, when I tell my son that we managed to survive without cell phones he just dies laughing. He has gone through at least four phones in the same time that I’ve owned my one because he sends so many text messages. I remember typing up resumes that said I knew the Leading Edge Word Processor. Who knew then that computers would become so much a part of my life?

Thanks again ladies.

All my best,

Cheryl

By: Penny Ehrenkranz

Penny Ehrenkranz — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:38:13 +0000

Vanessa, This is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about Cheryl and all she does. BTW, Cheryl, my first stories were written on a non-electric typewriter with keys that stuck, so don’t feel like a dinosaur yet. You have a long way to go. Great interview, ladies.

By: Nancy Carty Lepri

Nancy Carty Lepri — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:45:59 +0000

So wonderful to read more about another “angel” with GAP. Great interview and thanks so much for sharing so much of yourself with us, Cheryl.

By: Cheryl Malandrinos

Cheryl Malandrinos — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:26:27 +0000

Hi Chris,

Thanks for dropping in. I’m glad you enjoyed your virtual book tour. Not sure what you mean by “wanted” site, but don’t discount yourself and your contributions. Every time you share about the writing process from your point of view, you have the opportunity to help someone. Your way of doing things might just be the answer to a problem another writer struggles with.

Tell me more about this “wanted” site, Chris. Maybe I can help you out.

Cheryl

By: Christopher Hoare

Christopher Hoare — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:17:20 +0000

Hi Cheryl and Vanessa:

Good interview and lots of info. Notice you can’t stop Cheryl, she’s still being interviewed all the way though the comments.

I enjoyed the VTB I did with her on Pump, but I’d really like to be able to find websites and blogs where I might be able to offer something useful. How about a ‘wanted’ site Cheryl?

Chris Hoare

By: Cheryl Malandrinos

Cheryl Malandrinos — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:59:33 +0000

Thanks for stopping by Susan. I admire your dedication to your craft. It will definitely make a difference.

I’m sure there are many more experienced people who could provide excellent advice, but since I’m here, you’re stuck with me.

One of the things I see in book promotion so often is that an author writes a really good book and then does next to nothing online to promote it. If I like a book I’ve reviewed at one of my blogs I go searching for more information online about the author; but a lot of times Google turns up next to nothing.

That’s definitely not true in your case, so kudos to you for getting your name out there.

Keep networking. Use the social networks as much as you can to promote your work. Just don’t start playing around on Facebook because that steals precious moments you might not be able to spare.

Keep blogging. I’ve been to both your blog and your website. Your artwork is lovely. By posting to your blog on a regular basis, you’ll have a positive impact on Goggle.

See if you can find bloggers who would be willing to interview you or let you guest post for a day. Since your books are geared toward children you can ask mommy bloggers, children’s authors and illustrators, and those bloggers who address the topics discussed in your books. While you’ll be talking from an illustrator’s point of view, it will still be useful to their audience.

It’s okay for illustrators to contact bloggers and ask them to review copies of the the books featuring their artwork. I’ve had illustrators contact me directly from time to time, though it’s usually the author.

Keep doing market research to see who is accepting the types of books you’re writing. I only had one publisher in mind when I wrote “Little Shepherd Boy”. I had reviewed several of their titles, so I had a good feeling for what they liked before I pitched to them. They accepted the manuscript within a few months of receiving it.

Feel free to email me at cg20pm00(at)gmail(dot)com–those are zeroes, not o’s– if you would like to be featured at my kid’s book blog.

Best of luck to you.

Cheryl