Indian journalist Khudania Ajay discusses Chained Birds by Author Carla Conti on his daily YouTube show KAJ Masterclass LIVE!
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Today’s log in the promotional tour for Chained Birds: A True Crime Memoir brings two firsts — a sit-down with an international journalist and a live YouTube recording. I enjoyed a 30-minute chat this morning with journalist Khudania Ajay for his daily live show KAJ Masterclass LIVE! Ajay, who’s had media roles with CNBC (India), Reuters, and PTI, brings...
Instagram Reel for Chained Birds created for WildBlue Press by Kapp Co Digital
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I’m enjoying watching the marketing rollout this week for Chained Birds, including this 19-second Instagram reel created by Kapp Co Digital. My publisher, WildBlue Press, has just onboarded with the marketing firm, and my book is its first beneficiary. Candice Kapp, the firm’s founder and marketing specialist, has been delightful to work with and has embraced all the book’s...
Midwest Book Review calls Chained Birds riveting that reads like the drama of fiction but is delivered with the one-two punch of reality.
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I’ve been waiting for publication week to post (and boast) about my glowing Midwest Book Review write-up, which just went live on the review site’s Bookwatch page. MBR Senior Reviewer D. Donovan highlights the snowball at the book’s beginning, which was the nexus that led to my involvement in a federal prison case and eventually to my book Chained...
Chained Birds Glossary of Acronyms and Prison Lingo is a point of reference for audiobook listeners
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This supplement appears at the end of Chained Birds: A True Crime Memoir in the print and eBook editions, but I am giving it a permanent place on my blog as a point of reference, especially for audiobook listeners. My sound engineer, who guided me through the audiobook narration process in the summer of 2024, said listeners would not want to...
A 2024Debuts Dedication Post
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In this final stretch before Chained Birds: A True Crime Memoir launches on Tuesday, I wish to thank a talented, generous group of fellow debut authors who formed an alliance and brought me into their fold. I’m speaking of the 2024Debuts. Long before I joined, some entrepreneurial authors with books coming out this year banded together and created a...
What will it be like to release my debut book Chained Birds: A True Crime Memoir during Trumpocalypse 2.0?
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Who were we kidding? A woman of color to be the next U.S. President? No can do. That mountain of American racism and misogyny is just too steep. Pundits and others will debate and blame Trump’s assassination attempt, defecting Latinos, or lies about migrants eating cats that stuck and held. But it really just comes down to racism and...
Pre-order Chained Birds Hardback and Paperback version from ThriftBooks, BooksAMillion, Walmart, and Barnes & Nobel. Pre-order the eBook and Audiobook from Amazon. All four editions will be available from Amazon on pub day 11-12-24.
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All print and digital editions of Chained Birds are available for pre-order … but not all in one place! The e-Book and audiobook can be pre-ordered on Amazon for instant delivery to devices on the 11/12/24 publication day! (And the eBook will remain on sale at $2.99 until launch day, when the price will go up!) But I know most...
Decoding how Chained Birds made Amazon's "Hot New Releases" lists one month before pub day
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Who among us hasn’t Googled ourselves, our companies, or our beloved pet projects? And, of course, what shows up in the search results isn’t always predictable, right? So imagine my surprise to learn, after typing Chained Birds into the search engine, that somehow, my book, which doesn’t come out until November 12, 2024, has already found its way onto...
Chained Birds: A True Crime Memoir cover reveal is here!
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My long-awaited cover-reveal for Chained Birds is here! And fun fact — this is actually my second cover! Let’s back up to September when WildBlue Press’ talented designer Elijah Toten produced a cover that incorporated the original artwork by Kevin Sanders (the inmate at the heart of my story), a sketch titled Chained Bird. I believe my exact words to...
Author Carla Conti Q-A hints at two upcoming book subjects
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Anyone curious about two upcoming book projects of mine (Spoiler! They both involve true crime!) can check out my first Author Interview on a book blog hosted by author and book promoter Vinny O’Hare. I discovered Vinny in my Goodreads Mysteries & Thrillers group, where he helps promote new authors writing in the genre. As a new author myself...