A. H. Murray

#Author of fairytale stories of love and hope with a deliciously dark twist. Literary Intern @pwheeler_agent. Part-time horse whisperer. Will work for coffee.

[A. H. Murray @barefootwriting]

@deapoirierbooks 33!

[Keidi Keating @Keidi_Keating]

Marketing a Book: Some things I would recommend to get you started:
1. A press release written about your book and then distributed
2. A book trailer made and uploaded to social media, video sites, website, Amazon, etc
3. A book blog tour
4. Advertising on Amazon

[A. H. Murray @barefootwriting]

@LitAgentKelly I guess I’m the weird one of the group, lol. I love writing pitches. I find it invigorating and challenging. Writing the whole novel, however, seems like an exercise in self torture. I love them when I’m done, but man.

[A. H. Murray @barefootwriting]

Love The Spinner of Dreams. And that cover! 💕

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@deapoirierbooks

[A. H. Murray @barefootwriting]

@stfutony -Graduated college
-Moved 6 times
-Bought a house
-Wrote a book
-Started three more
-Let go of a lot and learned to listen to myself
-Quit my hated job
-Discovered being a literary agent is my dream job
-Started interning with literary agencies
-Writing and editing full time

[A. H. Murray @barefootwriting]

@Author_Lydia So much coffee. It’s freezing here so I’m curling up with a warm blanket and my laptop and plan to spend the day writing and working on my website.

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@KrisRey19 I miss Maine. What a beautiful view. And yes, please tell haunted stories. 💕

[A. H. Murray @barefootwriting]

@gracedli You know the feeling when you give someone bad news and you know it’s going to send them spiraling into darkness? Build tension with feelings, use powerful words to use their world to move them through it. Build your characters up so well that the reader feels it all.

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@littlebrown Black beauty. I was in kindergarten and obsessed with that book. I still have it, and the Breyer set that came with it.

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I think I found my wishlist vacation spot. Maybe my new home. A small town with a DOZEN bookstores on the seaside?!?! Pinch me, please.

The Open Book: @atlasobscura https://t.co/oLOPgM4vrX

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And this is why I am working my way towards becoming an agent. I love opening my inbox and finding that little piece of magic that makes you shriek out loud. I never even knew this was my dream job until I stumbled into an internship.

[Ali Herring (closed to queries) @HerringAli]

I am 100% freaking out over a book I just read, & therefore sending emails & making calls and doing that thing where publishing goes for 0 to 100 mph in 2 seconds. AND I still have a few subs that I'm gushing over but I got to that point in this one where I didn't stop reading...

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Love this! https://t.co/csQi6BQD51

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@littlebrown Most books I keep reading and I’ve been rewarded by a few that got really good halfway through. There are two on my shelf, however, that I haven’t finished. One is an award winning title and I can’t get through the first chapter. I’ve had it for years now.

[A. H. Murray @barefootwriting]

@KrisRey19 Same. We thought we had an animal in the attic because we heard a lot of scratching and banging. The wildlife life guy was like, hey. Your attic is crazy clean. No animals. And so now I’m wondering if a ghost missed his flight back to the underworld on Halloween?

[A. H. Murray @barefootwriting]

@inkedingraypub In my last manuscript my MC dealt with the lifestyle change paralysis brings. The injury itself wasn’t a major part of the plot but it certainly changed how she went about uncovering the mystery surrounding the death of her family.

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@cathrynanne24 @Christinamac79 I read half before bed last night and only put it down because I fell asleep. I love it!

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Just got approved for Behind Every Lie by @Christinamac79 on #NetGalley and I can’t wait to start reading and review this one.

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@AmyMarsden12 My English teachers always said no “s”. So I stick with it.

[Christina McDonald @Christinamac79]

Hey #WritingCommunity! Want some marketing tips on how to hit a bestseller list? I wrote an article for @Bookbub about how I hit the USA Today bestseller list as a traditionally published author. Read it here: https://t.co/RBHCSw9fAw
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