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The Beautiful List is a story for middle grade readers, intended to reassure young girls who are growing up in a social media obsessed culture that they can find beauty in everything—especially themselves.
About the author
A former Charles Kuralt Fellow at Voice of America,
Christine Virgin’s story-telling background comes from various print and broadcast media. After unsuccessfully launching a niche magazine for teen girls and working for Discovery Communications, Christine began blogging about parenting at peeinpeace.com, and, more recently, about fiction writing and her new hobby of racecar driving at christinevirgin.com. She’s been honing her craft as a writer for two decades, with
The Beautiful List as her debut novel. She currently resides in the Washington D.C. area with her husband and their three children, as well as their dog Baxter and an aquarium of constantly rotating residents.
Summary
The Beautiful List is a story for middle grade readers, intended to reassure young girls who are growing up in a social media obsessed culture that they can find beauty in everything—especially themselves.
Foreword
- Focus on connecting with tween girls and their moms
- Blog regularly and guest write on blogs in parenting and women health space
- Promote t-shirt and sticker merchandise at events and online giveaways
- Work with a professional book publicist
- Grow email list and develop social media presence
- Connect with influencers on social media
- Speak at conferences, churches, and retreats
- Speak as a guest on podcasts and radio shows
- Submit to major industry reviewers, including Publishers Weekly and Foreword Reviews
- Leverage hobby on the racetrack to promote the book to parent drivers
