"Blame The Dogs will make you laugh. It may also make you cry."
Let me tell you a story...
The written word has a power that transcends time and place. I was captivated, mesmerized, as soon as I started learning how to read. If I can offer you that deeply satisfying, enriching and expanding experience with my writing, I'm one happy girl.
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My Story
Hi, I am Laura Martin and I love entertaining you, the reader, with stories that captivate you from the first page until the very last.
Ever since writing my first short story at the age of ten, I have been wanting to turn writing into a career. I mucked around for more than thirty years (while building a successful marketing career), but have finally taken the terrifying leap into the depths of creative writing. My heart belongs to fiction, it always has. I hope that energy bursts off my pages!
Book clubs are a popular way for us to meet new people while we enjoy reading and chatting about the books we have read. It is why I joined a book club when I moved to Houston from New Zealand. These days, book clubs have great tools at their fingertips too, which makes sharing and voting for books, making announcements and more so much easier. I hope to offer book clubs some fun bonus features that they may like to use - it's up to you!
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Exclusive material
Access to never-published work
Book clubs are very special. A chance to meet others who are equally crazy about good books. Join this group and you and your club will be given access to scenes or chapters that did not make it through to the final edit.
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New book or novella releases are exciting! Book Club members will be amongst the first to learn about pending launches and special editions.
Advanced Reader
Take your reading to the next level
Some readers are so well-read that they can provide amazing feedback. This is so valuable for a writer, who struggles to stay critical after six edits!
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Pre-order
Though I much rather talk about the creative writing process, this is kind of important. So hear me out.
As a debut author, launching your first novel successfully largely depends on how you launch. With Amazon remaining the primary sales & distribution channel, having a healthy dose of pre-orders at the time of launch will tell their bleepy algorithm bots that my book is worth showing to some more surfers on the Amazon site. So help me out and I will help you by giving:
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A discount on the sales price
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You will receive a special edition, with a unique design and foreword by moi
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You will become part of the clan that helped me take those first baby steps to scoring a bestseller
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