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Set in the near future, this romantic adventure sees the climate scientist Quinn Byers struggle through life in 2050. Plagued by a series of misadventures, including the unsolved disappearance of her famous mother, Quinn collides head-on with a mysterious time-traveling cyborg, returned from the future to woo her back.
About the author
Sarah Lahey teaches design, technology, and creative thinking at a university in Sydney, Australia. Her Heartless series of sci-fi/romance novels have won the Chanticleer Book Awards, the American Fiction Awards, the Independent Publishers Award (IPPY), and the Indie Reader Discovery Award. Her romance novel Louie the Lynx and Ryan the Lion won the Indie Reader Discovery Award. She lives, works, and writes in a small country town in NSW, Australia.
Summary
Set in the near future, this romantic adventure sees the climate scientist Quinn Byers struggle through life in 2050. Plagued by a series of misadventures, including the unsolved disappearance of her famous mother, Quinn collides head-on with a mysterious time-traveling cyborg, returned from the future to woo her back.
Foreword
Crystal Patriarche, BookSparks, $20,000 campaign:
• National print, broadcast, and online media campaign
• Local print, broadcast, and online media campaign
• Widespread Galley distribution to National, local, and niche markets
• Targeted trade media campaign for reviews and spotlights
• Digital marketing campaign including blog tour
• Branded graphics package including print collateral, social media graphics, email and newsletter banners
• Early reviewer promotions on Goodreads option
• Strategy to position author as an expert
• Book or event tour
Self
• The author, who works as a senior lecturer with Laureate International Universities, will leverage her connections there to promote the book to its over 850,000 students, 25 institutions, 150 campuses, and 65,000 employees, faculty, and staff worldwide.
• Coordinated social media campaign using the author’s blog on design in the 21st Century (http://theautomaticpencil.tumblr.com) and related Instagram (@theautomaticpencil).
• Author’s adult children will run a GoFundMe campaign to print and launch the book in Australia in coordination with its US publication.
• Author will participate in book readings and discussions in person or via Skype/Zoom.
• Author will create book trailer with original images, maps of the world in 2050, and an original score.
