Author’s Note
Getting to know my readers and building strong relationships with them is one of the best parts of being a writer. I’d love to know more about you and more about what you thought about this book. What did you like about it? Who was your favorite character? What do you want to see, or think will happen next?
Please reach out to me and let me know. I want to hear from you. Because while I’m a writer, I’m always a reader first. I know that when it comes to the books I read, I love connecting with the author. Often, when I interact with authors I love I get downright giddy!
Ask my family how I act each and every time S.E. Hinton responds to my tweets. (HINT: I am a ridiculously starstruck fangirl! Every. Single. Time.)
Or what about the time I got to interview Jackie Collins on Huffington Post’s live video. (Still one of the greatest moments of my writer life!) (Only thing that tops that is when I opened up an email from Lisa Unger telling me that she read and liked my book and would be happy to support it with a quote we could use on the book cover! A dream come true right then and there!
Or years and years ago when I was a new, sleep-deprived mother who looked forward to my monthly book club for every second of the days leading up to it and having the New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani call into our book club. (I had her on speakerphone and when I said hello, she said, “Hey, baby, how’s it going?” and proceeded to chat with us and talk to us about what we thought would happen in her next book.
I told myself right then and there that if I were ever a published author I would interact with readers the way she did. And sometimes dreams come true! I’m a published writer who has readers who enjoy my books. Even writing that still seems surreal.
So, all of this leads me to tell you about my two favorite ways to interact with my readers:
My newsletter. My private Facebook group. Hopefully you will consider joining both.
I send out a newsletter with details of new releases, special offers, giveaways and other bits of news about my books.
When you sign up for my no-spam mailing list, I’ll send you all of this free stuff:
- A copy of GIA, the introductory novella for my Gia Santella Crime Thriller series.
- A copy of THE SAINT, the introductory novella for my Gabriella Giovanni Mystery series.
- A copy of EVA, the introductory novella for the Queen of Spades Thrillers.
You can get the three novellas by signing up at https://www.subscribepage.com/KristiBelcamino
You can join my private Facebook group, Crime, Coffee & Cannoli here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CrimeCoffeeCannoli/
