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Specialist ...MAIA...: Get to Know Blog Tour Guide and Specialist ... MAIA GOMEZ Maia Gomez NK - You're a self-described 'country girl',...
Sunday, October 27, 2019
Get to Know Blog Tour Guide and
Specialist ...MAIA GOMEZ
Specialist ...MAIA GOMEZ
Maia Gomez
NK - You're a self-described 'country girl', with
deep generational roots in your hometown, Fredericksburg, Texas. How did it come about that you started a
highly successful Internet business in book promotion?
MG – Well,
quite frankly, I had two babies within a year's time and decided to be a full-time
stay-at-home mom with quite a bit of spare time on my hands! Between juggling
the kids and many sleepless nights, I was able to commit a lot of hours into
creating my dream job and thoroughly enjoy every minute of it. Plus, being
stuck out in the boondocks with Internet and not much else to do seems to help
a bit. lol
NK - What do you like most about promoting books
for authors?
MG – Finding new and exciting books and
connecting with new authors! There's quite a few authors out there that have
some 5 star AMAZING books that just need the extra boost to get discovered.
I've also made quite a few good friends and still stay in touch on a regular
basis with many of the authors I've toured with in the past.
NK - Your business offer to writers is, pay-what-you-want, an almost unheard of
business practice today. Does it work out for you?
MG – While it seems quite unorthodox, yes it
really does work! I believe that some of these other companies charge way too
much for the “average” author to be able to pay to get sufficient promo.
Authors are very grateful that I'm actually affordable to any and all budgets
and still provide quality tours with everybody getting the same level of
attention no matter what they end up paying me. While some are only able to pay
a little, most authors pay me very well and let's just say I make more now than
I ever did at a “regular” job.
NK - What is the first book you read and loved?
MG – Wow, I've been reading my entire life and
can't really remember my first book—I was reading at a 6th grade
level in 1st grade and they had to put me in an advanced reading
class. I was the kid in class that teachers yelled at to STOP reading instead
of the other way around. Back then I really loved the Goosebumps and Fear Street
books though. And later when Harry Potter
came out of course I was head over heels for those too! I remember when the
third HP book came out I got it as a birthday present and stayed up the entire
night and finished the book. I had a major book hangover after that one.
NK - There is a rumor that you have a 'book cave' filled with thousands
of books. Have you read them all?
MG – I have read almost all of them! I'm a
fanatic about series and prowl the local thrift stores for castoffs—I frequently buy later books in series and then slowly find the others and
eventually when I have a full set I binge-read them. So there's some works in
progress, but they all get read eventually. As for time—my only peace and quiet
is late at night after the kids go to sleep—I stay up until past midnight
escaping to new worlds and enjoying the peace.
NK - Many people peripherally involved in the
larger world of writing hold a secret desire to write fiction. Is that you?
MG – Oh absolutely! It's a longtime dream of mine
to be an author myself one day—I know I have the talent in me, and have even
started a few books in the past. My only roadblock is time, I just don't have
the time (or peace) to commit to serious writing. I'm thinking once the little
ones go off to school that might change though...
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