Kristen keeps telling me it'll be a sleeper.

I really am very proud of it. I'm puzzled as to how to promote it.

Homemade Hobbit Feet for Hallowe'en

This will be useful for when I create my costume of a Man with Hobbit Feet....

I'm excellent at doing this sort of thing for other people, but not for myself.

This is why I suck at marketing my business.

I'm sure you've thought about marketing Sam through zoos, natural history museums and the bat conservation people. Places like Bat World [link] which has won awards for developing ways to rehab bats, have pretty pathetic offerings for kids. You could offer a kids' section on bats for websites, featuring Sam, and work on making Sam a spokesbat for bat conservation.

You could offer a kids' section on bats for websites

Oooh, a bat pathfinder would be perfect!!

I really am very proud of it. I'm puzzled as to how to promote it.

Your editors are working on it.

Do you have, anywhere, a comprehensive list of who reviewed Vampire People? Big places, small places, print, blogs, LJ posts, doesn't matter. Anyone who liked your voice enough to say so out in public. If you do have such a list, ping us. You really don't have to do all the promotional heavy lifting yourself.

(Well, honestly, probably a good bit of the heavy lifting. But definitely not all of it, nuh uh and nope. There was a meeting. There are plans.)

eta: And, Ginger, we're already on it. Put together a contact list already, and drafting letters of inquiry with promo packets this week or next.

Book People in Austin loved Vampire People. I'd love to go there since Sam ends up there. And I won that Bronze Award for humor book awhile back. I'll send the list.

I know there are plans, but I have to get my ass in gear. I have tons of goodie bags ready to go, and I think I'll be taking Sam on a tour of comic book shops, soon, since I have the Batman/Dave Dorman angle to play on. Getting my website in gear is crucial.

I need to order my copy of Sam, and it is on my list of reviews to write on GCS.

and I think I'll be taking Sam on a tour of comic book shops, soon, since I have the Batman/Dave Dorman angle to play on

Ah-ha! When you get to that stage, let me know. A friend of mine owns a comic shop, and loves having author events.

I'd love to go there since Sam ends up there.

Also, Bat Conservation International is there.

Allyson, are you using Facebook and Twitter? And LJ? They're just good basic places to get word out.

And for reviews, try non-traditional review opportunities -- send a copy to National Geographic For Kids. There are a bunch of other kids' magazines out there, too.