I’m not sure why I haven’t been able to get on WCYB. Getting on WJHL was easy since we’re owned by the same company, and they’ve had all the other BHC folks who write books on. I don’t know if WCYB just isn’t interested (and many people aren’t) or if maybe they have some policy in place against promo-ing other journalists (sometimes that happens).

I’ve tried other local media with varying degrees of success. A! Magazine ran a little something, but I’ve emailed Marquee several times and haven’t gotten much interest. It’s a crapshoot like everything else …

I’m not sure an appearance on WCYB would sale any books, but it is the most watched station in our area. And with the BHC cutting back on the area it serves — I’m one of the people that no longer gets the newspaper — I don’t think TV would be a waste of time. So I would hope that you would try again to get booked on WCYB.

Besides, I really do love guest blogging. It doesn’t even feel like work it’s so much fun! 😎

I don’t think I’ll be doing any of the local TV shows with Jinx. I don’t know that it’s a good use of my time, especially since I’m only going to be doing a couple of local signings this time around. I just don’t know how many people would watch and then come out to a book signing later.

As for WCYB, I tried to get on their noon news show last year, but they never responded to me (although I do think they listed my book signings in their calendar of events). Same thing goes for the Johnson City Press. I sent my info to them, and they never responded or ran anything.

The Kingsport Times-News did two lovely stories on me, though. So did the BHC. So we’ll see how things shake out this time around.

But I am cutting back on my local promo stuff. At this point, I think writing is a better use of my time. And sending out promo stuff is a big time suck — not to mention the postage. 😮

I’m also cutting back on my local signings mainly because it’s so complicated to set something up at a B&N or BAM chain that it’s just not worth the trouble. Plus, I was told I had to guarantee a significant crowd if I wanted to sign at a B&N, and well, I just can’t promise that.