Tony Lindsay Releases New Book for Teens

 

Chess not Checkers is a teen novel with adult adventures and situations. The novel’s thrills happen in both urban and rural environments. A twenty-year-old, Thaddeus Adams, is looking back to when he was a self-described “nerd” who stood up to a brutal bully. Earl Jacobson is gang affiliated and heartless, and he adds layers of difficulties to Thaddeus’ life that no teen should have to endure. The challenges require Thaddeus’ strategic planning which shears off layers of his nerd qualities. At times, we see Thaddeus flat on his back, and at other times we see him standing with confidence; he learns to depend on family, community, and friends to survive. Chess not Checkers is sure to become a teen classic. 

 

Tony Lindsay has written four Teen and Young Adult books: two short story collections Fat from Papa’s Head and Almost Grown, along with two novels A Mama’s Girl (Daybreak Jones), and Chess not Checkers. Tony has also been published by YA/Teen magazine Cicada. He creates depictions of Black life on white pages. Please find the links to his YA texts below:  

       

You can follow Tony Lindsay on the following social media sites:

YA Author Blog:

https://yaauthortonylindsay.blogspot.com/

Twitter:

www.twitter.com/tonylinza

YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxOqMDI-pUS2Y4Czp7lOp8A

25 Ways to do Author Cross Promotion (Without spending a dime!)

Hello everyone,

I checked my notes and I realized the last post I published on this blog was over four years ago. I took all of my notes and turned my blog posts into a self-help book instead. I recommend the text, Sage Advice for the Indie Children's Author for anyone thinking of going through the publishing process. I include information from starting to write your first book to finding an illustrator. See the link below:
 

Often, when I am online I find authors who are always looking to cross-promote. However, cross-promotion can mean different things to new versus experienced authors. If you are looking to cross-promote with an author, you can build your social media, get reviews, get recommended, and get comments in places where your book appears online. There are a number of ways to cross-promote. I recommend doing this with authors of varying genres and backgrounds willing to commit to getting their work out to the public each week. I have lists and lists of ways to promote my work and I often choose 5 ways to help other authors. Below I compiled a short-list of ways to cross-promote without spending money.  

5 Facebook Tips

1. Like and Follow an author on their Facebook personal profile and author or publishing page.

2. Invite your entire network to like an author's publishing page by sending invites.
Tutorial here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5CXLWOTpFE

3. Write a review of the authors work on their Amazon author and/or publishing page.

4. Share their posts in your network and the synopsis of their book.

5. Share an author event or invite your friends to the event via Facebook.

5 Twitter Tips

1. Create a Friday follow #FF in your network and list 10 authors to follow and return the follow.

2. Join the Twitter feed using the hashtags #writingcommunity, #urbanwriters, #amwriting, #amreading, #amediting, and identify authors under 10K followers to join the community and follow.

3. Share a blog of a fellow author for your network.

4. Create a meme of common books and include your books and share on social media.

5. Follow each other on twitter and share interesting posts.

5 Instagram Tips

1. Only follow authors who follow you back on this platform.

2. Like interesting posts to give exposure to fellow authors on this platform.

3. Share cross-promotion posts between 5-7 a.m. and 5-9 p.m. (High peak usage hours)

4. Post fellow authors to stories instead of your page.

5. Comment on new book releases to make them visible to your network.

5 Blog Tips

1. Create a listing of five or more books to 'checkout' and include your books and the person you are cross-promoting.

2. Team up with 5-10 authors to do a literary blog tour for 30 days. Feature interviews of fellow authors about book releases.

3. Comment on blog posts of fellow authors.

4. Share blog posts on Facebook and Twitter.

5. Re-blog posts on your blog.


5 Amazon tips

1. Create a list-a-mania list with your favorite books by fellow authors.

2. Follow the authors you are cross-promoting with to find out about new releases.

3. Click on real reviews which are helpful that helped you select a book by an author that you want to buy.

4. Read each other's books and write reviews on Amazon.

5. Share each other's Amazon central page on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to cross-promote.  



Happy cross-promotion!