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Joyce Scarbrough
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Post Number:
1272
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, June 07, 2008 - 06:48 am: |   |
I met a delightful young writer the other night named Daniel Trask who spoke to our local writers' group as one of the stops on his "16,000 mile-48-states-in-14-weeks" self-financed book tour. I'd like to help him out with getting reviews for his second novel, DMR, which is a fictionalized account of six weeks he spent working in a group home for mentally retarded individuals.
This inspiring young man has single-handedly obtained readings at libraries in cities as big as Boston, New York, Chicago and Philadelphia, and he's already managed to get his self-published book in over 50 bookstores across the country. He read us the first chapter, and it was entertaining, funny, and well-written.
I know some of you review for MyShelf and MBR, so if you'd be willing to give this hard-working young man a review, please tell me how you'd like him to contact you so I can pass on the information to him.
His blog is called "DMR's Road Trip" and can be found here.
Thanks!
~Joyce Sterling Scarbrough
True Blue Forever
ISBN 0-9722385-9-X
Different Roads
ISBN 0-9722385-3-0
Authors Ink Books
http://www.authorsinkbooks.com
Read the first chapters: http://www.authorsden.com/joycelscarbrough1
Waste time on Joyce's Blog: http://joycescarbrough.blogspot.com
Watch the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kztz5e3XZeo |
Todd Hunter
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Post Number:
3828
Registered: 02-2003
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, June 07, 2008 - 11:04 am: | |
With those kinds of numbers solely on a self-published book, one would think the big publishers would take notice.
Good luck to him. Myself, I'm not sure how one could expect to make any kind of return on a national tour of that magnitude.
He certainly has the right attitude, though, judging from the blog. So, hopefully it'll work out well for him.
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Joyce Scarbrough
Unity Member
Post Number:
1274
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, June 07, 2008 - 11:13 am: | |
Todd, he said he's also using the book tour as research for a future book about traveling across the country! Savvy guy, that one. Smart and funny too. The only bad thing about him I could see was that he's a Red Sox fan! 
~Joyce Sterling Scarbrough
True Blue Forever
ISBN 0-9722385-9-X
Different Roads
ISBN 0-9722385-3-0
Authors Ink Books
http://www.authorsinkbooks.com
Read the first chapters: http://www.authorsden.com/joycelscarbrough1
Waste time on Joyce's Blog: http://joycescarbrough.blogspot.com
Watch the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kztz5e3XZeo |
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