Now here’s a novel marketing tool I hope The Writer’s Block listeners sit up and take notice of. A few weeks ago, I got an email from Theresa Morrow of Key Business Partners who is expanding on the impact of Judy Davids’ recent book release promotion tour with a Virtual Blog Tour. In essence, it’s a rolling series of reviews and questions & answer sessions that keeps the buzz about Rock Star Mommy rolling, and I’m honored to have been asked to take part in it. For more information about what a Virtual Blog Tour can do for your book promotion and marketing efforts, contact Theresa Morrow at www.KeyBusinessPartners.com.
It was a pleasure having Judy Davids among the guests on our premiere internet radio broadcast of The Writer’s Block. As a radio guest, she’s a pro. We had so much fun in the studio, it’s hard to imagine subsequent shows could be any better. But I’m open to being proved wrong on that one.
I must admit. I had Rock Star Mommy in my possession for about 2 weeks before I finally made myself sit down and read it. I don’t know what I was afraid of. Perhaps that old adage about no one being a prophet in their own home town was at work in the back of my mind. When I read an author from out of town, there’s a mysteriousness about them that makes them seem wiser, more reputable somehow. But somebody local? Are you kidding? I know where they come from, they can’t possibly be any good, right?
Wrong.
Of course.
I don’t mind being proven wrong when it results in a light and engaging read like Judy David’s Rock Star Mommy. The format and style of the book itself is well suited to its target audience. Short chapters that can be read during a mother’s stolen ten minutes behind a locked bathroom door, or during that morning cup of coffee before the rest of the world awakes and chaos reigns on its usual eighteen hour shift. I have mixed feelings, though, about the pull quotes scattered througout the book. Yes, they are great as snapshots of the book’s fun subject matter, but it’s difficult to place them in such a way that they don’t cause you to either stop reading and go back to find your place in the story, or miss them completely if you refuse to do that. Anything that takes me away from the text visually, takes me out of the scene, and therefore, takes my head out of the book. Personally, I don’t like that. But perhaps that’s just me.
But that is probably the worst I have to say about this book.
As a Southeastern Michigan native, I loved reading about the local stomping grounds. As synchronicity would have it, Davids now lives in my hometown, and I in hers. Seeing good things in print about the Detroit Metro Area is worth its weight in gold these days. I also especially appreciated her repeated nod to the Rockers who inspired her along the way, most notably Jack White of the White Stripes. As any mother knows, it’s important to say Thank You, especially for an unwitting kindness.
All in all, Davids takes the reader on a lighthearted, humorous strut along the road she took toward fame, and shows us exactly where she gets off. In the end, the most important part of being in a Mom Rock Band is the mom part, and Davids never loses sight of that, thankfully. She’s an inspiration to millions of us who are saddened by the thought that we might have to give up our dreams for those we love to have theirs, and shows us how, even if we can’t have it all, we can have a little taste of everything.
Yesterday the virtual book blog tour was at Joy Rose of Mamapalooza (www.mamapalooza.com) at
http://journals.aol.com/mommygirlgogo/DiaryofaHousewifeOnProzac and tomorrow is will continue at Lisa Fredette’s blog, http://lisafredette.com/blog/
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