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Pimped my hat in New Orleans.

AUTHOR PLATFORM

Author has an established Website with a strong reader base which is used to promote the author and her works.  A page is already posted for this novel, which will be further developed to promote the book.  Pages are also available for previous works, and for the author herself.  A page for reader feedback is also included.

Author has a professional profile available to the public on highly trafficked Internet site Myspace.com. Information regarding the book is already available on this site.  Author also posts blogs on her Myspace page.


Author is a member of the Myspace groups The Vampire’s Asylum, The Dark Cellar, and The Reader’s Circle.

Author is an alumni of Asnuntuck Community College, Bay Path College, and Elms College.  Author has given seminars on Writer’s Block  at her alma matter, Bay Path College. She also worked as a Professional Writing Tutor at Bay Path College, and was an editor of The Hourglass, Bay Path College’s Literary Magazine.  Each of these colleges have promoted the author in their alumni magazines and would continue to do so with this book.


Author has been interviewed by Pink Raygun Myspace Webzine, which promotes itself as featuring news, reviews, and interviews for fangirls.  The Eternal
Night Science Fiction and Fantasy Webzine also interviewed her.

Author has been interviewed by local newspapers such as the Journal Inquirer, The Springfield Republican and the Hartford Courant, and will be in contact with said papers again for this book.


Author has provided signed novels and has given lectures on vampires at local libraries, Barnes and Noble booksellers, smaller booksellers, local fairs, and Renaissance Fairs, and will continue to do so with this book. 

Author is widely traveled, and has been to countries mentioned in her novels such as France, Ireland, England, Scotland, and Italy.  Each of her
travels has had a great influence on her novels.

Author to provide Public Relations releases regarding the publication of her book to Internet website and webzines, as well as local newspapers.


Author has taken an interest in supporting young authors by leading writing workshops for children of various ages.  She has led Fiction and Journalism clubs for middle-school children. She has also served community children by leading a Fractured Fiction Workshop for elementary school children.

Author served as a tutor to young author Chelsea Lessard for her novel Old Mann Rock, and as a reviewer for author Ethne Massey’s novel, Legendary Ireland.

JESSICA BARONE'S MYSPACE PAGE

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Contessa Barone, Somers Renaissance Faire, June 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTERVIEW LINKS:

 

"Pink Raygun" (2007), "Channeling Tragedy" (2002), and "Jessica Barone Interview" (2001). 

 

PINK RAYGUN INTERVIEWS: JESSICA BARONE

CHANNELING TRAGEDY INTO WORDS

JESSICA BARONE INTERVIEW