Black Cow Book Blog Tour Day 18: Karen Cioffi

Today I'm visiting Karen Cioffi Writing and Marketing blog to talk about using video for book promotion (with a few examples). "Video is a very powerful promotional medium and a fantastic way to connect with readers around the globe. Creating a video can be as complex as making a movie (and indeed it can be a small movie), or as simple as opening your webcam and reading a little from your book. I've done both in the promotions for my new novel Black Cow." Drop by Karen's blog for the full piece, and don't forget to add your comment, tweet, or share in some way or another entry to our giveaway.

Repulsion Thrust Trailer Video

Vlog on the Blog (Repulsion Thrust)

I wanted to do something new, so here is a video of me reading the title poem from my upcoming poetry collection Repulsion Thrust available in December 2009 from BeWrite Books. I've been been meaning to play around with video for some time, so this is my first shaky attempt (Bellbirds, roosters and all). My editor called this poem "Audenesque". I actually have a reference to Pound in it, but Auden will do!