THE MEMOIRS OF SUMMER RAY

In our 15th year of this project and I finally feel like we have a solid foundation. I do not consider the time before this wasted years. I consider it, on the job training. Or as if I have been in college all those years. I have not yet graduated as I feel the book/film industry is always upgrading and changing. But I do finally feel we have reached a point, where we have products that are worthy to be read and to be seen. I didn’t know when I had finished the first seven books of the original series that I would end up replacing it with the new series, “The Memoirs of Summer Ray.” I think God wanted me to have the baseline first, and then build from there. I have only written half of the last book in the first series. So, I will just wait until I get to that point with the new one, and finish it from there.

With the film festivals, I am currently submitting the pilot script and the trailer. But I am also working on, “creating a buzz” around the first book. There are 1,000’s of ways to do this. But those ways are not something I am yet familiar with. I actually receive my first copy of this new cover today, May 25, 2024! I am excited to see it. But I also know if the lines are still off, I will have to keep fixing it until it is as close to perfect as possible.

(To view the book on Amazon, please click on the book cover).

On another note, marketing is a whole new skill level that I have yet to learn. It is like being an RN and wanting to become a doctor. So, you have to take more classes etc. I have to go through the book and focus on certain traits such as, “American Sign Language,” or “Traumatic Brain Injury,” and find my audiences. “Savannah’s Calling” (book 2 of the first series), the new memoirs book won’t be released until after summer. I feel like I need to get serious about “creating the buzz,” around the first book. https://book-publicist.com/authors-10-must-have-marketing-tips-to-generate-buzz-around-your-book/. I just need to prioritize. It is defined as, “designate or treat (something) as more important than other things; determine the order for dealing with (a series of items or tasks) according to their relative importance.” It hard when I am also working on promoting the script, and at the same time, being in the development phase of the pilot.

I just looked up at my shelf that is right above my desk, and on my shelf is a coffee mug with the words, “YOU ARE THE Bee’s Knees.” What do bees do? They buzz!

It is exciting when God confirms what I am to do. So, for now, it will be creating that buzz surround the books and that will also in turn create the buzz for the film.

Onward!

Thank you for being a part of our Summer Ray world.

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